SCI32: Disable game script video benchmarking

The approach to video benchmarking used by SCI engine does not
translate very well to modern video devices -- it will either be
so slow that the games think the system is not capable of showing
normal visual effects, or so fast that the benchmarks overflow
their counters. So, game scripts that perform video benchmarking
are now patched to unconditionally return the highest speed value.

A pleasant but subtle side-effect of this change is that the extra
time sitting at a blank screen before the start of a game (while
benchmarks ran) is now gone.

Fixes Trac#9741.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/engines/sci/graphics/frameout.cpp b/engines/sci/graphics/frameout.cpp
index 259e3a01b8..d5a7e33c32 100644
--- a/engines/sci/graphics/frameout.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/graphics/frameout.cpp
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ GfxFrameout::GfxFrameout(SegManager *segMan, GfxPalette32 *palette, GfxTransitio
 	_cursor(cursor),
 	_segMan(segMan),
 	_transitions(transitions),
-	_benchmarkingFinished(false),
-	_throttleFrameOut(true),
 	_throttleState(0),
 	_remapOccurred(false),
 	_overdrawThreshold(0),
@@ -153,28 +151,6 @@ bool GfxFrameout::gameIsHiRes() const {
 }
 
 #pragma mark -
-#pragma mark Benchmarking
-
-bool GfxFrameout::checkForFred(const reg_t object) {
-	const int16 viewId = readSelectorValue(_segMan, object, SELECTOR(view));
-	const SciGameId gameId = g_sci->getGameId();
-
-	if (gameId == GID_QFG4 && viewId == 9999) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	if (gameId != GID_QFG4 && viewId == -556) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	if (Common::String(_segMan->getObjectName(object)) == "fred") {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
-
-#pragma mark -
 #pragma mark Screen items
 
 void GfxFrameout::addScreenItem(ScreenItem &screenItem) const {
@@ -226,14 +202,6 @@ void GfxFrameout::deleteScreenItem(ScreenItem &screenItem, const reg_t planeObje
 }
 
 void GfxFrameout::kernelAddScreenItem(const reg_t object) {
-	// The "fred" object is used to test graphics performance;
-	// it is impacted by framerate throttling, so disable the
-	// throttling when this item is on the screen for the
-	// performance check to pass.
-	if (!_benchmarkingFinished && _throttleFrameOut && checkForFred(object)) {
-		_throttleFrameOut = false;
-	}
-
 	const reg_t planeObject = readSelector(_segMan, object, SELECTOR(plane));
 
 	_segMan->getObject(object)->setInfoSelectorFlag(kInfoFlagViewInserted);
@@ -273,15 +241,6 @@ void GfxFrameout::kernelUpdateScreenItem(const reg_t object) {
 }
 
 void GfxFrameout::kernelDeleteScreenItem(const reg_t object) {
-	// The "fred" object is used to test graphics performance;
-	// it is impacted by framerate throttling, so disable the
-	// throttling when this item is on the screen for the
-	// performance check to pass.
-	if (!_benchmarkingFinished && checkForFred(object)) {
-		_benchmarkingFinished = true;
-		_throttleFrameOut = true;
-	}
-
 	_segMan->getObject(object)->clearInfoSelectorFlag(kInfoFlagViewInserted);
 
 	const reg_t planeObject = readSelector(_segMan, object, SELECTOR(plane));
@@ -430,7 +389,7 @@ void GfxFrameout::frameOut(const bool shouldShowBits, const Common::Rect &eraseR
 	// we must poll for mouse events instead, poll here so that the mouse gets
 	// updated with its current position at render time. If we do not do this,
 	// the mouse gets "stuck" during loops that do not make calls to kGetEvent,
-	// like transitions and the benchmarking loop at the start of every game.
+	// like transitions.
 	g_sci->getEventManager()->getSciEvent(SCI_EVENT_PEEK);
 
 	RobotDecoder &robotPlayer = g_sci->_video32->getRobotPlayer();
@@ -1177,19 +1136,17 @@ void GfxFrameout::kernelFrameOut(const bool shouldShowBits) {
 }
 
 void GfxFrameout::throttle() {
-	if (_throttleFrameOut) {
-		uint8 throttleTime;
-		if (_throttleState == 2) {
-			throttleTime = 16;
-			_throttleState = 0;
-		} else {
-			throttleTime = 17;
-			++_throttleState;
-		}
-
-		g_sci->getEngineState()->speedThrottler(throttleTime);
-		g_sci->getEngineState()->_throttleTrigger = true;
+	uint8 throttleTime;
+	if (_throttleState == 2) {
+		throttleTime = 16;
+		_throttleState = 0;
+	} else {
+		throttleTime = 17;
+		++_throttleState;
 	}
+
+	g_sci->getEngineState()->speedThrottler(throttleTime);
+	g_sci->getEngineState()->_throttleTrigger = true;
 }
 
 void GfxFrameout::shakeScreen(int16 numShakes, const ShakeDirection direction) {