Yes, I suppose I'd need to do a lot more fine-tuning before I can really put this out of Beta phase. Right now I don't really have time.
Feel free to experiment. Also feel free to make your own changes any way you see fit. Glad you like the mod!
Unfortunately no, first playthrough last month met a horrible fate with far too many mods installed. For my second I only chose this on a non-patched 800x600 setup and got only ONE crash to desktop the whole game unlike my Uniws one that must have crashed after every four loading screen transfers! I also did not get Bastila and Carth's weapon changes which was something I only realised much later.
Also: edited my own dlg.tlk extensively, including changing Larrim's lines to coincide with your shield changes. Yes, I am one of those.