────────── ■ │ NFSMW Crossfire (v1.2.2) │ ■ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

 Thank you for choosing this mod! Here, you'll find everything you may want to know about it. 

 ───── The installation instructions are in the "READ ME" file ─────

 This mod seeks to improve and overhaul the vanilla pursuit system, as well as improve some Challenges.
 The cops are much harder (especially at higher heat levels - frustration is expected), but not invincible.
 Crossfire also adds fun new gamemodes for Heat levels 7, 8, 9 and 10. 
 Many thanks to rng_guy for his tons of help, especially with the milestone scripts and the mod thumbnail.

 • Crossfire is most likely not compatible with any other mod that changes pursuit parameters.
   Give it a try if you want to, but it will most probably not work.



   ■ ────────────────────────────────────────────── ■
   │               TABLE OF CONTENTS                │
   │ ────────────────────────────────────────────── │
   │ 1) Bundled Mods                                │
   │ 2) Features                                    │
   │ 3) Special Heat Levels                         │
   │ 4) Optional Features; Explanations             │
   │ 5) Acknowledgements                            │
   ■ ────────────────────────────────────────────── ■




────────── ■ │ BUNDLED MODS │ ■ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

 Crossfire's installation comes bundled with other mods, with authorization from all creators:

 • NFSMW Bartender, by rng_guy                  link to mod page: https://github.com/rng-guy/NFSMWBartender
 • NFSMW SpeedFixer, by rng_guy                 link to mod page: https://github.com/rng-guy/NFSMWSpeedFixer
 • Open Limit Adjuster, by gaycoderprincess     link to mod page: https://github.com/gaycoderprincess/MostWantedOpenLimitAdjuster
 • NFSMW Unlimiter, by nlgxzef                  link to mod page: https://nfsmods.xyz/mod/688
 • [OPTIONAL] Healthbars, by trelbutate         link to mod page: https://nfsmods.xyz/mod/5673


 NFSMW Bartender is required for Crossfire to work, as it allows many of the changes it makes.
 NFSMW SpeedFixer is also a required mod that allows for the new Speed Breaker mechanics.
 OpenLA allows for more memory, which expands customization possibilities and fixes some bugs.
 NFSMW Unlimiter allows the use of addon cop vehicles.
 Healthbars is an optional mod that adds visible health bars to cop vehicles. Useful for Heat 07.





────────── ■ │ FEATURES │ ■ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

 • Extensively reworked difficulty & cop spawns for Heats 1 through 6, including new mechanics;
 • Unique gamemodes for Heats 7 through 10;
 • Usage of oldmanjenkins (rng_guy)'s NFSMW Bartender mod for extensive reworks of the pursuit system;
 • Usage of rng_guy's SpeedFixer mod for a new version of the Speed Breaker, appropriate for this mod's style;
 • Usage of gaycoderprincess' Open Limit Adjuster for the use of >8 cops and more customization freedom;
 • New strings on cop destruction (those include some of the "lore", see below);
 • Modified 4 Challenges to include the 4 gamemode Heat levels (#40, #54, #68, #70). Marked with CROSSFIRE;
 • Modified more than 12 Challenges to have different player cars, some custom-made. Marked with [SPECIAL];
     PS: Most of these challenges will use Heat 06.
     PS: Most vehicle changes were made because the original one underperformed; some were purely cosmetic.
 • Changed Blacklist performance rewards: you can now get two full junkman sets (script by rng_guy);
 • Optional rework for Blacklist requirements and milestones;
 • Optional difficulty increase for Challenge Series pursuit goals.
 • Optional custom ingame SMS messages that explain some of the "lore" and mechanics of Crossfire.
     PS: There's also the "Lore bits" section in this file, which explains everything about the "lore".




────────── ■ │ SPECIAL HEAT LEVELS │ ■ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────


  ──────────//    Heat 07    \\──────────
  ──────────\\ Bounty Attack //──────────

 You'll lose Bounty every 15 seconds. Your goal is to rack up as much Bounty as you can. The max Combo is 10.
 There are multiple vehicles with different purposes; make up a strategy in order to get higher bounties.
 Feel free to post your high scores in this mod's comment page! I'd love to see how far players can go.

 TIP: Abuse the pursuit breakers to earn the most Bounty and plan an escape route, the cops respawn quickly. 
 TIP: Roadblocks here are made to be super light, so you don't need to use the speedbreaker on them!

 NOTE: Avoid activating any feature in another mod that changes or randomizes the default color of Racer cars,
       as these colors are an easy indicator of the vehicle's function (see below). Without them, you'd need
       to look at their models.

 • Low-Value Target    - State Cruiser
 • High-Value Target   - Heavy SUV
                       >>> Also recharges your Speed Breaker if wrecked!
 • Phantom Vehicle     - Unmarked Civic Cruiser; can't be touched - destroy it with a Pursuit Breaker.
 • Bomb & Super Bomb   - Red vehicles; reskinned State and Federal cruisers, respectively.
                       >>> Also drains/depletes your Speed Breaker if wrecked!
 • Bonus & Super Bonus - Green vehicles; reskinned State and Federal cruisers, respectively.
 • Combo Keeper        - Blue vehicles; Renault Clio. Easy to kill, use it to keep your combo high!
 • Surprise Vehicles   - Unmarked Federals; only appear in roadblocks; can either be a bonus or a bomb!
 • Flinging Rhino      - Rhino car, reskinned Cross; if you touch it... well, see for yourself.




  ──────────//  HEAT 08  \\──────────
  ──────────\\ Road Rage //────────── 

 In this mode, you'll be chased by strong NPC cars who got tired of you making their insurance more expensive.
 Since they are not cops, NONE of them will show up on your radar!
 They're so angry that one of them broke physics itself.

 • MANY NPC vehicles with varying masses. In general, bigger = heavier.
 • Flying Sedan as a helicopter.



  
  ──────────//   HEAT 09  \\──────────
  ──────────\\ On the Run //────────── 

 In this mode, you can be busted at very high speeds and from large distances, so never stop running!
 Here, you will face two categories of cars with multiple types: 
 CHASERS are weaker, faster vehicles, while ENFORCERS are stronger, slower ones. 
 There will be many strong roadblocks, so don't expect to avoid them by just staying on the highway.

 NOTE: You might see "A wall/obstacle was hit" pop-ups during the pursuit. This happens when a cop crashes
       onto a roadblock, thus destroying the roadblock vehicle and triggering the pop-up.

 • Chasers            - Civic Cruiser, State Cruiser, Federal Cruiser, Cross (invincible)
 • Enforcers          - Heavy SUV, Ambulance, Firetruck, Semi truck (invincible)
 • Roadblock vehicles - Heavy SUV, Ambulance (invincible)
 • Phantom roadblock  - Civic Cruiser, only shows up when you're close. Pay attention to the lights!
 • Flinging Rhino     - Same as Heat 07's.




  ──────────//     HEAT 10    \\──────────
  ──────────\\ Invincible FBI //────────── 

 This is the same as Heat 06, but with a twist: all cops have infinite health and mass, including roadblocks.
 Your speedbreaker will still work, but NOT ON ROADBLOCKS. Good luck surviving. 

 TIP: Roadblocks are mostly made of infinite mass Heavy SUVs, but they always have ONE Light SUV model with
      Superheavy SUV mass. If you can't avoid the roadblock, try to hit the Light SUV instead.

 Feel free to post your survival times in this mod's comment page!
 Frustration is expected. Heat 06 and 10 were built to be very hard.




────────── ■ │ OPTIONAL FEATURES; EXPLANATIONS │ ■ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

────────── • BLACKLIST • ────────────────────────

 • Adjust Milestones in Career mode [WARNING!!!]
 Adds new milestones with new goals, replaces the vanilla ones (many thanks to rng_guy for the scripts).

 WARNING: Use this feature ONLY on new save games. Do NOT use it on old aliases, or else the game may crash
          as soon as you get in a pursuit in Career mode. If you want to play the Career in an old save, do
          not install this option. This is because it removes old milestones and adds new ones; however,
          the game does not properly update that for old aliases and still looks for the old ones - which
          don't exist anymore, making the game crash.

 HEADS-UP: This feature only removes the vanilla milestones, in order to replace them. If you have non-vanilla
           milestones from a different mod, they'll still be there, which may cause issues.


 • Unrestricted Heat levels in Career mode
 Sets the max possible heat level to 6 for all blacklist members, which means you can face Heat 6 even before
 beating Sonny. Use this at your own risk; it significantly increases the difficulty of the mod.



────────── • PURSUIT • ──────────────────────────

 • Use Heat 10 in the final pursuit
 Forces the final pursuit (the one after beating Razor) to use Heat 10. Good luck.

 • Slower Bustable player speed
 Lowers the minimum player speed required to avoid being busted; in other words, you can escape from
 being busted more easily, as you'll need less speed.

 • No passive Heat escalation
 "Disables" automatic Heat escalation. You'll have to increase your Heat by destroying cop vehicles.

 • Always use max heat available in pursuits
 Makes heat transitions instantaneous, which means pursuits will always use the max heat available.



────────── • CHALLENGE SERIES • ─────────────────

 • Harder Challenge goals
 Makes most pursuit stages from the Challenge Series harder by increasing their goals.



────────── • FOR FUN • ──────────────────────────

 • Invincible Mode
 Gives you (and all racers) immobile object collisions, making you invincible even for Heat 10 cops!

 • Absolute Chaos.
 Makes ALL cars in the game extremely bouncy and adds negative drag. Works with Invincible Mode.

 • Rhinos that fling you
 Makes Rhinos in all Heat levels (except for the "Bonus" rhino from Heat 07) behave like the flinging rhino
 from Heat 07, which means you'll get flinged very far upon colliding head-on with them.
    PS: Rhinos need low health for this to work, making them easy to kill.
    PS: Rhinos need infinite mass for this to work; as such, avoid crashing into the wrecks of "dead" rhinos.
    PS: Using Invincible Mode with this makes you phase through the Rhinos.



────────── • BINARY OPTIONS • ────────────────────────────

 • Install compatible Unlimiter settings?   [Only if you already have Unlimiter installed]
 Crossfire needs Unlimiter to work, but some options in the latter may conflict with Open Limit Adjuster.
 This will overwrite your Unlimiter settings in the main .ini, but it'll make sure they're compatible with
 OpenLA.

 • Install healthbars for cops
 This will install the bundled healthbars.asi mod by trelbutate, which adds working healthbars for cops.
 This is recommended for Heat 07, but it doesn't change much in other Heat levels due to high health values.


 • Custom SMS messages
 Crossfire edits some ingame SMS messages to include some little bits of "lore" about the mod.
 They explain where the cops from Heats 3, 4, 5 & 6 come from, as well as some more stuff, mechanics and tips.


 • FOR FUN: Spawn 15 Rhinos at once
 This option will make 15 Rhinos spawn every time they are called. Good luck evading all of them!





────────── ■ │ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS │ ■ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

This mod wouldn't be possible without the following: 
 • NFSMW Bartender, by oldmanjenkins (rng_guy);
 • NFSMW SpeedFixer, by oldmanjenkins;
 • Open Limit Adjuster, by gaycoderprincess;
 • NFSMW Unlimiter, by nlgxzef;
 • Healthbars mod, by trelbutate;
 • Undercover Heavy SUV, by Riverflo, YukkBaka (headlight texture) and ProsT0David (russian string);
 • VltEd, by nfsu360;
 • Binary, by MaxHwoy;
 • NFSMW Extra Options, by the ExOpts Team; 
 • rng_guy and other members of the community, for their very generous help (thumbnail by rng_guy too);
 • and obviously, the Black Box team for making the game we all love, even if their code is jank.

 You are allowed to use any parts of this mod anywhere. However, if you want to use something involving the
 bundled mods, please give their creators credit.
