The categories, as defined by Nexus, are different for Fallout 3 and New Vegas so you won't be getting the benefit of a customised file if you use this one with New Vegas.
To anyone that might be concerned if this 'messes' with MO too much the answer is: absolutely not.
This mod, and the others for the other games, is a customised version of categories.dat that anyone can change using the MO UI. @jeclxohko has simply done all the hard work for you and for that should be thanked. (Thanks)
The categories used by MO are hard-coded and don't always match the games, customising them is the best alternative. If you don't like the changes, simply removing the file will revert MO to the default state and nothing 'bad' will happen. The *.meta files that accompany each of your installed mods may/will have the incorrect category attached to them but that is after all the whole point isn't it!
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absolutely not.
This mod, and the others for the other games, is a customised version of categories.dat that anyone can change using the MO UI.
@jeclxohko has simply done all the hard work for you and for that should be thanked. (Thanks)
The categories used by MO are hard-coded and don't always match the games, customising them is the best alternative.
If you don't like the changes, simply removing the file will revert MO to the default state and nothing 'bad' will happen. The *.meta files that accompany each of your installed mods may/will have the incorrect category attached to them but that is after all the whole point isn't it!