NFSMW Bartender: Extra Pursuit Options
If you update from a version older than v2.07.00, you must replace all old configuration (.ini) files!
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)
- whether the cops can start non-player pursuits,
- 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 pursuit jurisdiction dispatch announces over radio after a Heat transition,
- which of the enabled 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,
- at what distance from racers roadblocks can spawn,
- when and to what extent (if at all) roadblock vehicles can join pursuits,
- whether roadblock vehicles react to racers entering "COOLDOWN" mode,
- whether roadblock vehicles react to racers hitting their spike strips,
- whether 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,
- which vehicle spawns in place of Cross through LeaderStrategy 5, and
- which vehicles spawn in place of Cross and his henchmen through LeaderStrategy 7.
The "Basic" feature set also lets you change (in general)
- whether a given cop vehicle is affected by pursuit-breaker instakills of any kind;
- 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;
- under which conditions (if at all) a given cop vehicle shows up on the radar / mini-map;
- how (if at all) line of sight affects the colour of the helicopter cone-of-vision icon; and
- the selection, order, and length of interactive themes that play during player pursuits.
The "Basic" feature set always fixes ten bugs / issues automatically:
- transitions to Heat levels > 5 now trigger their proper radio announcements,
- the game no longer plays each Heat-level announcement just once per game launch,
- vehicles joining pursuits from roadblocks no longer ignore spawn limits for cops,
- the helicopter mini-map icon is now always visible whenever a helicopter is active,
- the helicopter vision-cone icon now always disappears whenever a helicopter is destroyed,
- helicopters no longer cast static shadows (like cars do) with incorrect placements,
- the game is no longer inadvertently 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.
The "Basic" feature set can fix two more bugs / issues, depending on its configuration:
- non-Strategy roadblock requests can no longer be stalled by HeavyStrategy 3 requests, and
- HeavyStrategy 3 requests no longer become very rare at Heat levels with frequent roadblocks.
What does the "Advanced" feature set do?
The "Advanced" feature set lets you change (per Heat level)
- how many chasing cops can (re)spawn regardless of the remaining engagement count,
- below what total number of active cops in the world the game can spawn new chasing cops,
- whether spawning decisions for chasing cops are independent of all other pursuit vehicles,
- whether spawning decisions for traffic cars are independent of those for cops,
- whether Heat transitions immediately trigger backup to update the engagement count,
- how far away new chasing cops must spawn from all already active cops,
- above what count (if at all) no more cops can join the pursuit from roadblocks,
- when exactly (if at all) and how many cops that joined from roadblocks can flee the pursuit,
- 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) can spawn to chase and search for racers,
- which vehicles (same liberties as above) can spawn in non-Strategy roadblocks,
- which vehicles (ditto) can spawn as pre-generated cops in scripted events,
- which vehicles (ditto again) can 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 respawn if it loses you,
- when exactly (if at all) the helicopter can rejoin instead 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 vehicles cancel their ramming attempts early,
- whether HeavyStrategy 3 vehicles can join the pursuit once their request expires,
- above what count (if at all) no more cops can join the pursuit from HeavyStrategy 3 requests,
- when exactly (if at all) LeaderStrategy 5 / 7 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 also lets you change (in general)
- which non-chasing cops are also tracked by the engagement count shown above the pursuit board.
The "Advanced" feature set always fixes three bugs / issues automatically:
- 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 always tracks relevant cops accurately.
The "Advanced" feature set can fix three more bugs / issues, depending on its configuration:
- the helicopter can no longer waste its spawn attempts by losing you nearly instantly,
- HeavyStrategy 3 vehicles no longer spawn in passive mode without trying to ram anything, and
- traffic spawns no longer slow down or stop at Heat levels with many cops / frequent roadblocks.
What changed in each version?
v1.00.00: Initial release
(for versions in-between, see Bartender's "APPENDIX.txt" file)
2.05.00: Added / expanded multiple features and fixed two more vanilla issues
06.00: Fixed vanilla radio announcements for Heat levels > 5 and added jurisdiction feature
01: Added crucial compatibility information for "NFSMW LimitAdjuster" to avoid crashes
02: Expanded feature list and documentation to point out configuration-dependent fixes
07:00: Added breaker-immunity feature and expanded "Advanced" feature set some more
01: Corrected some minor oversights / leftovers in README and usage notes
Comments
ProsT0David (December 20, 2025 @ 08:42)
Foget about it. Apparently, I forgot which lines need to be added.
ProsT0David (December 20, 2025 @ 07:47)
v2.06.00 Crashes on startup
oldmanjenkins (December 20, 2025 @ 04:44)
@nap365One last thing: Your game is not a repack, right? Repacks of any kind are known to break .asi mods in unpredictable ways because they mess with the game's assets.
oldmanjenkins (December 20, 2025 @ 04:42)
@nap365I just re-installed the game with only WidescreenFixes, LimitAdjuster (LA), and Bartender. No VltEd or Binary edits. Everything worked perfectly with Bartender's default settings, so I can't reproduce your issue at all.
Could you try the same to see if that works on your end? I strongly suspect that something else in your install causes an incompatibility between Bartender and LA. You're also the first of many Bartender + LA users to report a crash, which makes me all the more perplexed.
oldmanjenkins (December 20, 2025 @ 03:48)
@nap365I use Bartender with LimitAdjuster (LA) constantly, and I cannot reproduce your issue.
What Bartender version are you using? Are you sure that you've disabled all cop-related features under "[Options]" in LA's configuration file? Did you edit anything else in there?
Are you using any other .asi mods? If yes, then what happens if you use only Bartender and LA?
Is your speed.exe compatible? Using the speed.exe that comes with LA should be safest.
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