ANT

[DOXXP29 5]

I've had the ANT (or so I thought) installed for quite some time. It's been so long that I can't remember if it came with the NAM or if it was seperate. I know I got it from here. At the time, I did a lot of searching for topics and found the whole thing so confusing and vague that I put off doing anything with it.
 Yesterday, I decided my project was going to do some ANT experimenting. I clicked on the ANT icon and got a road. I wnet to tab down, figuring there was more, but that was it. I started drawing the road and it didn't appear to be any different from the usual road.
  Am I missing a critical piece of the ANT or is that it? I don't really understand what it's supposed to do or what it's supposed to contain. If I am missing something, could somebody please direct me to whatever pieces may be missing? If there is a way of scrolling other than tabbing, maybe that's it. And if there is anywhere that might give a good explaination of what's in it, what it is and how to use it, that would help greatly. I tried searching, but couldn't find much to clarify things for me. I'm still scratching my head about it.
  BTW, I looked in my plug-in folder to see if there was something that looked like it would be the ANT. I couldn't find anything that looked like it could be it, but obviously, SOMETHING is making the road icon appear.

 Thank you for any enlightenment! I'm definitely in the dark here.

[RippleJet 36]

Hi Doc!

The way the ANT is in the current version of NAM it is a two-lane highway that looks like the road.

Like highways, the commute speed is higher than on roads (80 km/h on ANT, 31 km/h on roads). You did get the network speeds in another thread you started.

Like highwyas, no development will appear along it (no lots can face the ANT to get road access).

[Frigid 6]

Also, the ANT has can be heavily modified, and thats where you get the Rural Highway or similar.

Your NAM folder should contain a file called "NetworkAddonMod_ANT_Plugin_Beta.dat".

[DOXXP29 5]

Ah! Many thanks to you both, RippleJet and Frigid! I learned more from your two posts than I did from all of the threads I was able to search and find.

[donsabelotodo 0]

When I downloaded the NAM, I didn't get an ANT file. It doesn't show up in the game. I looked in the NAM file and there was no ANT file. Can someone please help. Is my file flawed?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

If you have a PC, the ANT is an installation option.  If you have a MAC, it should be there.