Never been able to do this as far as airsoft or milsim is concerned.
My IRs got broketed... and never found any NVGs that are affordable, and/or not too flimsy to use in airsoft. ( I do have a toy, that mimics the NVGs... but it's not all that... small viewing area, unable to secure it to head/face to use ... depth way off vision wise.)
I played one Zombie game at night out in OK.
It was not very fun... everyone had light sticks, or Chems... red lasers everywhere, and flashlights...
I stayed in the back just beyond the starting area. I shot "zombies" as I could clearly see their chem lights bobbing around at around 200' or so... none of them ever got close to me, I didn't even get to use my side-arm in that event.
I wound up leaving early, because it wasn't a challenge, and seemed more like shooting ducks in a dark gallery.