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It's right in the quote. ...
I just wanted to share what I learned. Why do you latch on that sentence alone?

Also I forgot you are allowed to talk about things only if you're expert at it...

Imagine the silence.

Sure go ahead and talk about whatever you want, but be prepared to be corrected when you're wrong.

Surely that shouldn't be such a strange concept to you.

Spec maps are indeed used in the way you described them! It's just not possible to do in HPL2 because of how the engine works.