In case anyone happens to care or wishes to remove subcategory listings in the future, this is how you make it worK:
Code:
{include file="customer/main/products.tpl" products=$products}
{capture}
{if $products eq "" and $tmp eq "0"}
{$lng.txt_no_products_in_cat}
{/if}
{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category_name|regex_replace:"/.*\//":"" content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra="width=100%"}
{if $products eq ""}
{if $f_products ne ""}
{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl"}
{/if}
{/if}
{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }
{/capture}
I was missing some capture tags!
yay fixed mods!
