Is there any way that i can turn off shadows or change the direction that the sun is shining on my build? It's making everything look dark and its kinda annoying.

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No. Well, not currently.
None of the boxes show those

Top Box: remove hats
Bottom Box: no animations

You can lighten up the baseplate by placing bricks which contain lights, (by the color option to the right of the screen) you can individually change bricks..


OOORRR you can lighten up the baseplate as a whole under world options, then the lighting should say “100” if it’s default, change it to make it higher.