Lighting question

[redria7]

I'm curious and I'm not sure where I'd even begin to look.

 

Without becoming a core mod, is there a way for a block to lower the light levels around it besides acting like a beacon and providing buffs? Basically suppressing the light around it by one or two levels. I can't see it being particularly possible from what I know.

[Mazetar]

Does the beacon lower light levels around itself?

[redria7]

No, but there is a darkness buff that can be applied somehow somewhere. Beacons let you apply buffs to anyone in an area so I could copy over the code from that and have a block cast darkness on anyone nearby. However, it wouldn't be the same as actually changing light levels. Does that make sense?