NExt2 Alternatives

Here be info, comments, ratings, how-tos and whatnot on replacements.
These are not recommendations, just a listing of what has been found or suggested.

Why to avoid NExt2

There is no longer any justification to avoid it... issues following an Harmony mod update in February, caused many to migrate away from NExt2 in haste. Here is a listing of alternatives, compiled during that exode. Shortly, I hope to post a grid comparing NExt2 with alternatives, i think many will find that NExt2 is still very complete and superior to some of the newer stuff.

Alternative Road Networks

• Another American Highways
  
• Bad Peanut's Complete Set of Networks
  
• BIG Urban Roads
  
• Concrete Highways
  
• CSUR Reborn
  
• Custom Bike Roads and Decals
  
• Eight Line Roads
  
• Expressway
  
• Hangang Expressway
  
• Highways over Wall Complete Collection
  
• Korea Road Pack
  
• LRT
  
• Network Extensions 2 Roads Replacement
  
• North American Freeways
  
• Original Road Expansion Pack
  
• Realist HWY Ramp Project RHT & Concrete Version (LHT also)
  
• Road Extensions - currently removed from the workshop
  
• SHUTO Expressway(β)
  
• Two-Lane Road with Median Pack
  
• [US Road Project] The whole collection
  
• Vanilla+ Roads

If you know of any others, do tell! And as many interchanges and junctions use NExt2, it could be pertinent to suggest others here.

Network Replacement Tools

Tools to assist in finding and replacing existing roads

• Find It! 2's locator
  
• Move It's picker
  
• Net Missing Recoverer
  
• Network Skins' picker
  
• Picker
  
• Road Removal Tool
  
• RON (Replace Our Networks)
  
• Touch This! Tool 4

[wiimeiser]

AFAICT subscribing to NEXT2 isn't necessary for maps. I've tried it myself, if you have RON and its replacement networks then maps seem to load without issue.

[codewitch]

@Holy Water 21st century.

And NEXT3 doesn't support Harmony 2, so do you want to use the bad-for-many reasons and not officially supported "alternative" harmony, or do you want the wealth of mods available to Harmony 2? Just use RON and download NEXT2 to replace in local copy in assets (like intersections, maps) if you need to and unsub later.

[I found Colossal Order Keylogger]

Luckily I don't exhaust easily. But you can use whatever you want, and take a rest whenever you need. Network Extensions is open source, intended to be copied and improved. Welcome to the 20th century.

[BrowncoatTrekky]

@Holy Water
What you revere as activism are those challenging that your upload as not a new iteration of what was great and earth shattering for its time but rather a copy of the hard work of others. Labelling your upload as something in contention was me trying to be delicate in as few words as possible. I have since given you many and have no plans to exhaust either of us further.

[I found Colossal Order Keylogger]

@BrowncoatTrekky, you said many words, but did not address the "upload in contention" question.

[BrowncoatTrekky]

@Holy Water
To my chagrin standalone options are on here.

[BrowncoatTrekky]

@Holy Water
This guide is meant to offer an alternative to all of NExt. NExt 1&2 are no longer being supported by the original creators of which they are all alive and well, including the moderator whom I speak with often. They may be unresponsive for good reason. Several users prior to you had uploaded NExt roads as standalone options. They are not included in this collection either.

NExt was established well before Mass Transit and 'Roads' were introduced to the workshop. There is no need for a NExt3 or 4 etc today except those desperate to rescue their saves which they are only able to do because of preserving SteamIDs through the content manager. So stop drinking the Holy Water and don't take the high road. Confronting activism and passing the torch by eventually saying fuck it... Lmfao.

[I found Colossal Order Keylogger]

And for those who need to run Next2 saves, the most straight forward solution is Next2 which still works today, and the next most straightforward solution is Next3, once CO finally kills Next2

[I found Colossal Order Keylogger]

@BrowncoatTrekky, I don't understand your "upload in contention" comment. Network Extensions was a community collaboration, and open source, Next2 was spawned when Next fell out of maintenance, Next3 was spawned when Next2 fell out of maintenance, Next4 will (hopefully) spawn when Next3 falls out of maintenance, and so on.

Sadly, Next2 accumulated a heavy load of activism, which I don't doubt is what drove sniggledigit away from the community.

Now, with Next3 it follows that the job is not only the maintenance of the software, but also confronting with the activism. It's a thankless job, keeping the trolls at bay, and without doubt eventually I'll say fuck it, and leave it to someone else to carry the torch (I'm hoping this will happen after CO's bankruptcy)

So, I don't understand why you say "upload in contention"? Do you object to my confronting the activism? Or is there something else you're referring to?

[BrowncoatTrekky]

@fahlkn, @Poland et al
Copy paste of NExt2 and my friends' hard work. Upload in contention. Do not add to collection.