Larian is there any chance you could give this a look?

For instance I like playing tanky or frontline characters such as my paladin, but having the shield vanish into thin air after a fight feels really wrong for some reason. Had to make a dual-wielding paladin just because of this.

One workaround seems to be just rolling back to the previous patch 7. However, I'm not sure if this is possible for console players (I play on PS5) and Visible Shields seems to be the only mod on consoles with this feature. It also seems that the author might not be able to make it work without your help.

I have 150 hours on my current playthrough, and I swear I'd just start a new one and give my paladin Duelist fighting style if this mod worked properly. The shield vanishing/appearing out of thin air really kills the immersion for me.