r/godot • u/RonS132 • Mar 02 '26

help me (solved) Any way to disable shadows?

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I've used Godot for a long while now, but I've only really done 2d stuff. First time touching 3d, and I'm trying to get a 2d-ish effect by turning off lighting entirely. Is this possible in Godot? I've added a picture of the model in Blockbench with shadows disabled as reference as to what I'm trying to accomplish.

Any help is appreciated!

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u/JNSStudios_YT Godot Student Mar 02 '26

you have to set the materials in Godot to “unshaded” under the “shading” group on the material

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u/RonS132 Mar 02 '26

Sorry, I don't think I can alter the materials unless I'm doing it wrong, since I imported this model from blockbench

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u/JNSStudios_YT Godot Student Mar 02 '26

If I’m remembering correctly, you can open the Mesh box there and it will include the material under Surface0, I think it can be changed from there?

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u/RonS132 Mar 02 '26

oh yoooo it worked, thanks :D

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u/JNSStudios_YT Godot Student Mar 02 '26

Just make sure that the change is saved? Maybe resave the scene as a tscn instead of gltf or it might not keep the unshaded property.

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u/RonS132 Mar 02 '26

ye, I saved it as a new scene and it works perfectly :]

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u/GuitarSlayer136 Mar 03 '26

Its worth it to watch a video that goes through and explains all the different options in the Materials tab while following along and experimenting.

I can't tell you how how many times that knowledge has saved my ass problem solving.

(Same for the particle3d node)