Added hidden init flag to increase default traffic volume (#234)

clients/desktop/src/commands/init.rs

@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ pub fn command_args<'a, 'b>() -> clap::App<'a, 'b> {
             .help("Port for the socket (if applicable) to listen on in all subsequent runs")
             .takes_value(true)
         )
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("fastmode")
+            .long("fastmode")
+            .hidden(true) // this will prevent this flag from being displayed in `--help`
+            .help("Mostly debug-related option to increase default traffic rate so that you would not need to modify config post init")
+        )
 }
 
 async fn try_gateway_registration(
@@ -120,6 +125,9 @@ pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches) {
     let mut config = crate::config::Config::new(id);
 
     config = override_config(config, matches);
+    if matches.is_present("fastmode") {
+        config = config.set_high_default_traffic_volume();
+    }
 
     let mix_identity_keys = MixIdentityKeyPair::new();
 

clients/desktop/src/config/mod.rs

@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ impl Config {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn set_high_default_traffic_volume(mut self) -> Self {
+        self.debug.average_packet_delay = 10;
+        self.debug.loop_cover_traffic_average_delay = 20; // 50 cover messages / s
+        self.debug.message_sending_average_delay = 5; // 200 "real" messages / s
+        self
+    }
+
     // getters
     pub fn get_config_file_save_location(&self) -> PathBuf {
         self.config_directory().join(Self::config_file_name())