astonished? no. well, i'm astonished that you are overwhelmed by a nearly 10 years old technology (bake light maps).
btw, who needs to be crysis?
http://www.leadwerks.com/files/livingforest.wmv (leadwerks engine)
sphere engine 2 had these animated tree shadows as well. i don't want to talk about shiva or torque.
i do not bash ventilators work, and i like the atmosphere that David's image creates. nevertheless, if you are objective, you must admit that it's at least 6 years behind state of the art. why should i be astonished of that? just because it's 3dgs and "3dgs has another standard blabla"?
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one could cycle through shadowmaps of the house roof
have fun 
