Silent
@cookieplmonster.bsky.social
Game developer, modder, reverse engineer, legacy code specialist. I port games for a living and patch them as a hobby. Also known as CookiePLMonster.
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/
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· Nov 27
A technical dive into Project Motor Racing – we’re racing, not farming (with mixed results)
One of the only games that moved away from Unreal Engine, was it worth it? Gameplay impressions from a gamepad user, benchmarks, highlights, and gripes.
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Project Motor Racing is rough and feels like it shipped too early, but its technical foundation is solid. In my review, I cover gameplay impressions, outline its issues, and run benchmarks - a good example of why I started reaching out for review copies!
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The default overhead camera is just fine for rallying, but being able to look at these glorious cars up close with the chase camera is something else.
January 27, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The default overhead camera is just fine for rallying, but being able to look at these glorious cars up close with the chase camera is something else.
I did not have a "ChoroQ rally game" in my 2026 bingo card, but Super Woden Rally Edge has bonuses that deliver on exactly that.
January 27, 2026 at 11:51 AM
I did not have a "ChoroQ rally game" in my 2026 bingo card, but Super Woden Rally Edge has bonuses that deliver on exactly that.
This reminded me of what I saw in Agents of Mayhem years ago - "Standard Issue" getting translated as if "issue" meant "problem" in this context
January 26, 2026 at 10:39 PM
This reminded me of what I saw in Agents of Mayhem years ago - "Standard Issue" getting translated as if "issue" meant "problem" in this context
A small pet peeve of mine - every other rally game has a Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500, but not even ONE game features a Sierra Sapphire that also did some rally over the years. Maybe one day we'll see it in some game...
January 26, 2026 at 9:38 PM
A small pet peeve of mine - every other rally game has a Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500, but not even ONE game features a Sierra Sapphire that also did some rally over the years. Maybe one day we'll see it in some game...
Clio Kit Car my beloved 😍
January 26, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Clio Kit Car my beloved 😍
It's too late, our player blips have already been separated
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
It's too late, our player blips have already been separated
Today I learned that this specific FH5 translation line was fine in pre-release copies, as evidenced by this footage from October 2021. It's also fine in the current version of the game, yet my launch copy in November 2021 had a nonsensical "[literal] horizon, that [one] is Mexico".
January 25, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Today I learned that this specific FH5 translation line was fine in pre-release copies, as evidenced by this footage from October 2021. It's also fine in the current version of the game, yet my launch copy in November 2021 had a nonsensical "[literal] horizon, that [one] is Mexico".
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Finally, a camera angle control via mouse from HT2 4.0-5.8 in KotR 8.2/1.3. However, due to the wide screen resolution, there are problems with centering the camera.
January 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Finally, a camera angle control via mouse from HT2 4.0-5.8 in KotR 8.2/1.3. However, due to the wide screen resolution, there are problems with centering the camera.
Gymkhana is really satisfying when you manage to keep your lines smooth.
January 25, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Gymkhana is really satisfying when you manage to keep your lines smooth.
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Made a small postmortem on reddit re: if the game announcements are even alive as a marketing tool.
Hopefully the mods will not delete it
www.reddit.com/r/IndieGamin...
#indiedev #indiegame #marketing
Hopefully the mods will not delete it
www.reddit.com/r/IndieGamin...
#indiedev #indiegame #marketing
From the IndieGaming community on Reddit: Are game announcements dead?
Explore this post and more from the IndieGaming community
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January 25, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Made a small postmortem on reddit re: if the game announcements are even alive as a marketing tool.
Hopefully the mods will not delete it
www.reddit.com/r/IndieGamin...
#indiedev #indiegame #marketing
Hopefully the mods will not delete it
www.reddit.com/r/IndieGamin...
#indiedev #indiegame #marketing
After @memory_fallen documented LMA Manager's bonus codes last month, I now updated my online Bonus Codes Generators with support for LMA 2003 to 2006!
cookieplmonster.github.io/bonuscodes/
cookieplmonster.github.io/bonuscodes/
Bonus Codes
Cheat codes for Colin McRae Rally 3, Colin McRae Rally 04, Colin McRae Rally 2005, and more.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:38 PM
After @memory_fallen documented LMA Manager's bonus codes last month, I now updated my online Bonus Codes Generators with support for LMA 2003 to 2006!
cookieplmonster.github.io/bonuscodes/
cookieplmonster.github.io/bonuscodes/
King of the Road's minimap was "snapping" to the UI grid coordinates, which with D2GI meant a 1600x900 grid. This made the lines distort, but also made icons (especially the other drivers) stutter. Implemented a solution to preserve sub-pixel movements, and everything is smooth!
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
King of the Road's minimap was "snapping" to the UI grid coordinates, which with D2GI meant a 1600x900 grid. This made the lines distort, but also made icons (especially the other drivers) stutter. Implemented a solution to preserve sub-pixel movements, and everything is smooth!
D3D9 call counts for the minimap drawing before/after my changes - safe to say I made it draw a bit more efficiently.
January 22, 2026 at 8:19 PM
D3D9 call counts for the minimap drawing before/after my changes - safe to say I made it draw a bit more efficiently.
What I wanted to do: Optimize the minimap rendering.
What I did instead: Found a bug in DXVK.
What I did instead: Found a bug in DXVK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:07 PM
What I wanted to do: Optimize the minimap rendering.
What I did instead: Found a bug in DXVK.
What I did instead: Found a bug in DXVK.
Learned of a nasty DX9 gotcha I was previously unaware of: when using the Shader Model 2.0, the fog is still applied by the fixed-function pipeline, but with Shader Model 3.0, it's not! This "broke" rendering when I downgraded a few shaders from 3.0 to 2.0 for compatibility.
January 21, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Learned of a nasty DX9 gotcha I was previously unaware of: when using the Shader Model 2.0, the fog is still applied by the fixed-function pipeline, but with Shader Model 3.0, it's not! This "broke" rendering when I downgraded a few shaders from 3.0 to 2.0 for compatibility.
It might not look the part, but this is THE best version of Rig'n'Roll you can get: in English, with the DLC, fully patched, with zero DRM. As of last week, you can also get this specific version on ZOOM Platform.
January 21, 2026 at 9:52 AM
It might not look the part, but this is THE best version of Rig'n'Roll you can get: in English, with the DLC, fully patched, with zero DRM. As of last week, you can also get this specific version on ZOOM Platform.
Mine, mine, all mine!
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Mine, mine, all mine!
Oh, so KotR also forces itself to use only one CPU core, which means ALL the threads from the graphics drivers etc. need to run on a single core. Making it use all cores "automatically" gives me 4x the FPS with no code optimizations...
January 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Oh, so KotR also forces itself to use only one CPU core, which means ALL the threads from the graphics drivers etc. need to run on a single core. Making it use all cores "automatically" gives me 4x the FPS with no code optimizations...
This minimap is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW to render, oh my.
January 18, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This minimap is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW to render, oh my.
I thought I was clear enough but apparently people took this statement as "the videos don't play in any movie player" and recommend me codecs or VLC. I thought it's clear that I meant THE GAME doesn't play the videos, for that recommending me a different player won't help.
Not the best first time experience - I FINALLY upgraded to Windows 11 tonight and the very first thing I notice, King of the Road's intro movies no longer play. Turns out, Indeo Video 5 codec is no longer shipped on Win11, so the game cannot decode them. Another bug to the pile.
January 17, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I thought I was clear enough but apparently people took this statement as "the videos don't play in any movie player" and recommend me codecs or VLC. I thought it's clear that I meant THE GAME doesn't play the videos, for that recommending me a different player won't help.
Yesterday, Super Woden Rally Edge used a strange fallback font for Polish diacritics that looked distracting. Today, ViJuDa already addressed it by adding those characters to the main font, so everything looks spotless!
January 17, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Yesterday, Super Woden Rally Edge used a strange fallback font for Polish diacritics that looked distracting. Today, ViJuDa already addressed it by adding those characters to the main font, so everything looks spotless!
Not the best first time experience - I FINALLY upgraded to Windows 11 tonight and the very first thing I notice, King of the Road's intro movies no longer play. Turns out, Indeo Video 5 codec is no longer shipped on Win11, so the game cannot decode them. Another bug to the pile.
January 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Not the best first time experience - I FINALLY upgraded to Windows 11 tonight and the very first thing I notice, King of the Road's intro movies no longer play. Turns out, Indeo Video 5 codec is no longer shipped on Win11, so the game cannot decode them. Another bug to the pile.