Here's a peculiar thing, all the rock around the castle is red yet all the building blocks are brown. Crazy labour that. Looks great! ;) Can't wait for the video...
i looked at those screens and screamed with the intensity that rivals that of the voices of all of the citizens of Aalderan, followed by "that's beautiful" (and a great silence). outstanding!
Everything is real-time, all you need to do is bring up the Time Of Day editor and mess around with the parameters and see it updating in real-time. There's no lightmaps in CryEngine.