I been trying to install nmc textures
but the roads never get changed
I followed every step in gopher's vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn6bLQoVwFY

I even tried poco bueno but my roads never change
any help?

If you put all the NMC archvies in the root directory, without the file number suffix and extracted the first one then they should have all gone into the Data Files. So, assuming you did that, then did you toggle Archive Invalidation in FOMM?

I never had problems with archive invalidation
I downloaded all the files put them into nmm like gopher did
I installed it
I got the nice textures & the fallout opening screen with nmc textures
everything got retex but the roads

You can't install NMC like that. Follow the instructions on the mod page for NMC at the Nexus, which tells you to do what I told you to do.

You can install Poco Bueno with a Mod Manager, but not NMC.

but I also tried poco bueno
it has a damaged roads option
when I activated that
the roads still refuse to change

Toggle your Archive Invalidation file in the Mod Manager. If you don't have that in Nexus MM, then do it manually. Instructions are on the Nexus site for the file.

it did not work when I toggled archive invalidation
first I tried poco cuz I really did not want to install nmc manually
did not work
the problem with nmc was just the roads & the after AI was gone nothing was retex
now that was gone so I tried putting back archive invalidation & the roads magically appeared O_O

You always have to toggle the Archive Invalidation after adding a texture mod. I mean, turn off the Archive Invalidation in FOMM, exit from that, then reload FOMM and turn the Archive Invalidation back on. This way the file is written again for any new mods.

To get the dmg roads u have to install burned first with nmm. Then u click to install the roads textures. It will ask u first that theirs another mod with such n such name etc etc click no to install normally and then when it asks u to override textures click yes.