What is a lightmap?

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"Shadow maps are an entirely different greyscale breed."

This is true, but the word 'lightmap' causes confusion.

If you're new to all this it is tempting to assume that lightmaps emitt light - they don't. They are used to burn light and dark regions on to textures.

You still need to place light entities (emitters) in the scene.