NFSMW Bartender: Extra Pursuit Options

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Bartender adds new customisation options to pursuits. These options come in two feature sets:

the "Basic" feature set lets you change many otherwise hard-coded values of the game, and
the "Advanced" feature set lets you change cop-spawning behaviour and tables without limits.

For installation instructions and usage notes, see Bartender's README or GitHub page.

For more details on what each feature set does, see the two following sections.

What does the "Basic" feature set do?

The "Basic" feature set lets you change (per Heat level)

at what time interval you gain passive bounty,
the maximum combo-bounty multiplier for destroying cops quickly,
how quickly and below what distance from cops the red "BUSTED" bar fills,
how quickly the green "EVADE" bar fills once all cops have lost sight of you,
whether player-damaged cop vehicles are destroyed instantly if flipped over,
when exactly (if at all) cop vehicles are destroyed regardless of damage if flipped over,
when exactly (if at all) racer vehicles are reset if flipped over,
which ground supports the cops can request in non-player pursuits,
the internal cooldown between non-Strategy roadblock requests,
the internal cooldown between Heavy / LeaderStrategy requests,
when exactly (if at all) and below what distance roadblock vehicles can join pursuits,
whether roadblock vehicles react to racers entering "COOLDOWN" mode and / or hitting spikes,
how HeavyStrategy 3 requests interact with roadblock requests and spawns,
which vehicles spawn in place of the ramming SUVs through HeavyStrategy 3,
which vehicles spawn in place of the roadblock SUVs through HeavyStrategy 4, and
which vehicles spawn in place of Cross and his henchmen through LeaderStrategy 5 / 7.

The "Basic" feature set also lets you change (in general)

which notification string the game displays whenever you destroy a given cop vehicle;
which radio callsigns and chatter a given cop vehicle can trigger in player pursuits; and
the selection, order, and length of interactive themes that play during player pursuits.

The "Basic" feature set fixes six bugs / issues:

the helicopter mini-map icon is now always visible whenever a helicopter is active,
helicopters no longer cast static shadows (like cars do) with incorrect placements,
the game is no longer incorrectly biased in how it chooses to make Strategy requests,
Heat levels > 5 are no longer reset back to 5 when you enter free-roam or start an event,
Heat levels > 5 are now shown correctly in menus (requires Binary for missing textures), and
you can no longer get busted due to line-of-sight issues while the green "EVADE" bar fills.

What does the "Advanced" feature set do?

The "Advanced" feature set lets you change (per Heat level)

how many chasing cops can (re)spawn without backup once a wave of reinforcements is exhausted,
the global cop-spawn limit for how many chasing cops in total may be active at any given time,
whether spawning decisions for chasing cops are independent of all other pursuit vehicles,
when exactly (if at all) and how many chasing cops from other Heat levels can flee the pursuit,
which vehicles (any amount, with counts and chances) may spawn to chase and search for racers,
which vehicles (same liberties as above) may spawn in non-Strategy roadblocks,
which vehicles (ditto) may spawn as pre-generated cops in scripted events,
which vehicles (without counts) may spawn as free patrols outside pursuits,
which vehicle spawns in place of the regular helicopter,
when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can first spawn in each player pursuit,
when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can respawn if it runs out of fuel,
when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can respawn if it gets wrecked,
when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can rejoin the pursuit early if it loses you,
when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can run out of fuel after each (re)spawn,
the internal cooldown between the helicopter's ramming attempts through HeliStrategy 2,
below what racer speed HeavyStrategy 3 spawns cancel their ramming attempts early,
when exactly (if at all) LeaderStrategy Cross and / or his henchmen become aggressive,
when exactly (if at all) the game can request a new LeaderStrategy once Cross is gone, and
when exactly (if at all) the game can request a new Strategy while another is still active.

The "Advanced" feature set fixes three bugs / issues:

non-Strategy roadblock and Heavy / LeaderStrategy requests are no longer disabled in races,
early Strategy despawns or cancellations no longer stall the game from making new requests, and
the engagement count shown above the pursuit board now (accurately) counts chasing cops only.

What changed in each version?

v1.00.00: Initial release

(for versions in-between, see Bartender's "APPENDIX.txt" file)

18.00: Simplified interactive-music feature and added support for independent "Chasers" spawns

2.00.00: Overhauled most mod internals and expanded some helicopter-related features
01: Made a few minor phrasing adjustments in README and some usage comments
02: Streamlined and slightly improved a few mod internals further
03: More work on mod internals and the interactive-music feature
04: Rephrased README and a few outdated usage comments
05: Yet more README and usage-comment changes

01.00: Overhauled the non-player pursuit customisation and the interactive-music features
01: Corrected a few minor oversights in "Cosmetic.ini" configuration file
02: Further improved documentation and code for Strategy features

Comments

oldmanjenkins (October 26, 2025 @ 01:55)

@kaos83

None --- just delete "track04" so that there are only 3 tracks in the list.

Like this:
[Music:Tracks]
track01 = 0
track02 = 1
track03 = 2

I've updated the music feature in version v2.1.0, by the way. I suggest you install it; It should be less confusing to use.

kaos83 (October 25, 2025 @ 23:41)

let's take track04 for example
it's index is 3
if i wait it disabled
what should it's index be?

oldmanjenkins (October 24, 2025 @ 14:53)

@kaos83

To disable a track, just don't include its index in the "[Music:Tracks]" parameter group.

There are four track indices, one for each interactive track in the game: 0, 1, 2, and 3.

If you want to, say, exclude the track with index 2, you could write
track01 = 0
track02 = 1
track03 = 3

kaos83 (October 24, 2025 @ 13:33)

question about the interactive music in the basic features
can i disable a track?
if yes how

ATS (October 22, 2025 @ 15:19)

Thank you for your reply! It’s a bit unfortunate to hear that, but I kinda expected some weird behavior might happen if that limit was removed, like multiple roadblocks spawning out of nowhere. Still, I hope one day a mod like this could be possible. Quick Races would be so much more fun with it! Imagine a race where multiple Rhinos crash into several racers at once, or multiple racers getting boxed in by cops. Just imagine how chaotic and fun that would be. Anyway, thank you for the great mod!