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I just tried this method and it worked! Thank you so much dude, really appreciate it!

I have released version 0.5.0 of my NPC Diversity Pack! Before version 0.5.0, the players (you) had to install the mod several times over to get to experience the full mod. These 3 TSLPatcher installations were named as if they were mods and each had unique features... the "Diverse Galaxy" mod swapped out NPC heads, the "Fashion of the Old Republic" mod swapped out clothing and armor items and "Lite of my Life" upgraded Lite NPC appearances. In version 0.5.0 onward, the Fashion of the Old Republic and Lite of my Life mods have been merged with the Diverse Galaxy mod meaning you'll install the Diverse Galaxy mod ONCE and you'll get the features of Fashion of the Old Republic and Lite of my Life... this should make the installation process easier! This mod shall still have optional installations as of 0.5.0, the "Sounds O' Plenty" mod that changes NPC soundsets still exists and I've added a 2nd optional mod called "Diverse Weapons", the Diverse Weapons mod shall swap the weapons of NPCs to diversify the weapons they use. No longer shall every weapon use a Blaster Rifle and Pistol, they might use Blaster Carbines, Heavy Repeating Rifles, Ion Blasters, Sonic Rifles etc. And do keep in mind the NPCs will NOT drop these items, they are merely aesthetic in nature. Future plans! I make this post mainly to share some future plans I have for the NPC Diversity Pack going forward, I've created quite a few mods for this NPC Overhaul Series so much so that I don't want to "clutter" Deadlystream with my future NPC mods so I've decided to take two mod concepts and add them directly to the NPC Diversity Pack instead. My 1st mod idea is this... Davik's bodyguards are quite annoying, there are about 20 of them in his Estate yet only 7 unique UTC files exist for them meaning you might see 5 clones in a single area. A way I thought about fixing this was to replace them with Gamorreans, they make logical sense lore-wise as Gamorreans and gangsters go together like butter on toast and most importantly we won't have to worry about the clone effect as Gamorreans all look the same anyway. This will have to be tested as that'd mean ALL of Davik's Guards would be forced to use Melee only meaning the player could literally be chased through the Estate if the player is overwhelmed. My 2nd mod idea involves the Jedi, I'm sure we're all familiar with this image down below: If from the NPC Diversity Pack, though my mod idea would have these guys removed. In their place I'd have EVERY single Jedi NPC wear the default Jedi Robe item, this will effectively remove the Nemo and cut Jedi Council Robe models from the game. This idea was made primarily for compatibility reasons with future NPC mods I make involving the Jedi. With the successful release of the Hearts of Beskar mod, I'm currently deciding which NPC faction I'll make a dedicated mod on... I do have plans for the Jedi, but I believe having Jedi NPCs wear the default Jedi Robe items would be the best blank slate for them instead of what I have thus far. And my 3rd idea, if it works out, shall totally revamp the NPC Diversity Pack. As with the before mentioned Davik's Guards, many NPCs in Kotor suffer the problem where there exists 20 or so NPCs in one module but only 7 UTC files exist resulting in clones. Unlike the first two ideas which could be added to the Diverse Galaxy installation, this idea would be its own separate installation as it seems a bit too far extreme for the NPC Overhaul style Diverse Galaxy installation. Let's say an area has 20 NPCs but only 7 UTC files, that means inside the GIT file there are multiple NPCs sharing the same "TemplateResRef" tag in each STRUCT... this is what causes the cloning effect. This idea is more of a 'fix' for that, instead of 20 NPCs with 7 UTC files sharing those 20 STRUCTS I'll instead create 13 new NPCs bringing the number of UTC files to 20. I'll then go through the GIT file and add my new UTC files to the STRUCTs ensuring the 7 vanilla UTCs remain though the remaining 13 STRUCTs that previously cloned the 7 original UTCs will now have their own unique NPC occupying the TemplateResRef. If you aren't a modder, you might not be able to understand what I mean by this... so let me tell you how this will look in-game? Places like Anchorhead and Ahto City have this problem where the module has 10 or 20 commoner NPCs but will have anywhere between 2 to 7 UTC files thus resulting in clones. With this GIT fix, every single commoner file shall be unique which will allow to diversify these areas even further than what I've already done in the NPC Diversity Pack. Let me know what you guys think, I'll be sure to share screenshots when I'm further into development!

Yes, you assume correctly. The main installation also patches all of those holes, the main feature of the compatibility version is the added forcefield.

It's actually quite a safe way to change things because you can simply undo it by removing those mdl/mdx copies that you make. A bit cleaner, or at least more consistent, would be to do to the new character what the mod's installer does to the relevant vanilla characters.