Best practice for lighting in a cave or dark house?

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You should rather use simplepbr.init(enable_shadows=True).

Keep in mind setting up a directional light with shadows requires extra effort. See:

Sample: using directional lights+shadows effectively

Using directional lights with shadowing can often be a stumbling block for Panda users. Fitting the frustum around the scene properly can be tricky. So here is a little sample program that shows how to use directional lights effectively. It includes a function that will tightly fit the frustum around the scene, for static, smaller scenes (press 1 to use it automatically). This is great for smaller scenes or where the light is static and there is no time-of-day, because it is slow to compute …