Deleted gl1_biglightmaps

glTexSubImage2D() calls are very slow, and are even slower when
the texture is big. Dynamic lighting changes are small compared
to the huge 512x512 size of the lightmap this option provided,
so it was detrimental to performance.
Original logic remains underneath if there's a need of a comeback.

doc/040_cvarlist.md

@@ -471,10 +471,6 @@ it's `+set busywait 0` (setting the `busywait` cvar) and `-portable`
 
 ## Graphics (OpenGL 1.4 only)
 
-* **gl1_biglightmaps**: Enables lightmaps and scrap to use a bigger
-  texture size, which means fewer texture switches, improving
-  performance. Default is `1` (enabled). Requires a `vid_restart`.
-
 * **gl1_intensity**: Sets the color intensity. Must be a floating point
   value, at least `1.0` - default is `2.0`. Applied when textures are
   loaded, so it needs a `vid_restart`.

src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_main.c

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ cvar_t *gl1_particle_square;
 cvar_t *gl1_palettedtexture;
 cvar_t *gl1_pointparameters;
 cvar_t *gl1_multitexture;
-cvar_t *gl1_biglightmaps;
 
 cvar_t *gl_drawbuffer;
 cvar_t *gl_lightmap;
@@ -1221,7 +1220,6 @@ R_Register(void)
 	gl1_palettedtexture = ri.Cvar_Get("r_palettedtextures", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	gl1_pointparameters = ri.Cvar_Get("gl1_pointparameters", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	gl1_multitexture = ri.Cvar_Get("gl1_multitexture", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
-	gl1_biglightmaps = ri.Cvar_Get("gl1_biglightmaps", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 
 	gl_drawbuffer = ri.Cvar_Get("gl_drawbuffer", "GL_BACK", 0);
 	r_vsync = ri.Cvar_Get("r_vsync", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
@@ -1402,7 +1400,7 @@ R_SetMode(void)
 qboolean
 RI_Init(void)
 {
-	int j, max_tex_size;
+	int j;
 	byte *colormap;
 	extern float r_turbsin[256];
 
@@ -1621,35 +1619,17 @@ RI_Init(void)
 
 	// ----
 
-	/* Big lightmaps */
+	/* Big lightmaps: this used to be fast, but after the implementation of the "GL Buffer", it
-	R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, " - Big lightmaps: ");
+	 * became too evident that the bigger the texture, the slower the call to glTexSubImage2D() is.
+	 * Original logic remains, but it's preferable not to make it visible to the user.
+	 * Let's see if something changes in the future.
+	 */
 
 	gl_state.block_width = BLOCK_WIDTH;
 	gl_state.block_height = BLOCK_HEIGHT;
 	gl_state.max_lightmaps = MAX_LIGHTMAPS;
-	gl_state.scrap_width = BLOCK_WIDTH;
+	gl_state.scrap_width = BLOCK_WIDTH * 2;
-	gl_state.scrap_height = BLOCK_HEIGHT;
+	gl_state.scrap_height = BLOCK_HEIGHT * 2;
-	glGetIntegerv (GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE, &max_tex_size);
-	if (max_tex_size > BLOCK_WIDTH)
-	{
-		if (gl1_biglightmaps->value)
-		{
-			gl_state.block_width = gl_state.block_height = Q_min(max_tex_size, 512);
-			gl_state.max_lightmaps = (BLOCK_WIDTH * BLOCK_HEIGHT * MAX_LIGHTMAPS)
-					/ (gl_state.block_width * gl_state.block_height);
-			gl_state.scrap_width = gl_state.scrap_height =
-					(gl_config.npottextures)? Q_min(max_tex_size, 384) : Q_min(max_tex_size, 256);
-			R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "Okay\n");
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "Disabled\n");
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		R_Printf(PRINT_ALL, "Failed, detected texture size = %d\n", max_tex_size);
-	}
 
 	// ----
 

src/client/refresh/gl1/header/local.h

@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ extern cvar_t *gl1_overbrightbits;
 extern cvar_t *gl1_palettedtexture;
 extern cvar_t *gl1_pointparameters;
 extern cvar_t *gl1_multitexture;
-extern cvar_t *gl1_biglightmaps;
 
 extern cvar_t *gl1_particle_min_size;
 extern cvar_t *gl1_particle_max_size;