I think I owe the users an explanation too for why the mod was removed. I already gave it to @Cracker1000 privately.

But first I'll mention, the mod isn't banned. If you've already downloaded it it will still work (you just won't get in-game updates).


Anyway it started back in June. I learned through Cracker1000 that there was a feature in the mod I was unaware of which could remotely lock the mod. The feature, if activated, looked like this. This locking feature was never activated, but when I learned it existed I asked him to remove it. I worried he may decide to discontinue the mod some day and activate it. He assured he there were no plans to activate it, but the existence of such a feature and his history made me not trust that.
After that, and consulting with the other TPT Moderators, I decided to force him to remove it, by introducing a new terms of service, which you can read here. This was a combination of guidelines on how to use the service, and some previously unwritten rules about what you couldn't do. Section B5 was most important, it says features which interfere with the ability to use the mod are not allowed. After this, he removed the code in version 37.2.

Our relationship deteriorated after that, I didn't enjoy any conversation we've had since June (too many microaggressions), eventually he left the TPT Discord server, and unfriended and stopped messaging me at the end of June.

Yesterday, we released v2.0.23 of TPTMP. This was a required update due to a small protocol change. The server will tell out-of-date clients this:
"protocol version mismatch; try updating TPTMP, or if it is built into your mod, install it from the Online tab in the Script Manager"
We expected users of this mod, TPT-Ultimata, and my mod to be able to update using the server's advice. But then we got a report that tptmp wasn't working after the new update, it would only work once then break again. After investigation, we realized that Cracker1000's mod deletes the script manager version of TPT Multiplayer and Maticzpl's Notification script on startup. His mod has both of these scripts embedded. But deleting them interferes with users' ability to update TPTMP or to use them in vanilla TPT.
We released a new version of TPTMP, v2.0.24, that blocks Cracker1000's mod from deleting either of these scripts, fixing the ability to update them. This allows users to switch between mods and vanilla TPT without worrying about these scripts being deleted.

The script deletion code has been in his mod for a very long time, but until now it evaded me. I decided to remove his mod from my hosting service because of both incidents mentioned here.

In the future, he may post his mod again on the forums. The rules of posting mods on the forums are similar to the rules for mod hosting on Starcatcher, so similar things are disallowed in both places. But I'd just like to say, from the TPT Mod team, please be wary of anything you download. The mod hosting service offers a few safety guarantees since the mod is built and compiled from GitHub. But it doesn't offer any kind of code review, which is how both of these things slipped by me. I consider them to be unacceptable, and I'm sorry they were able to be hosted on my server for so long. I consider the current release of the mod (37.2) to be safe, but I don't know what may be in any future versions, especially after I've angered him by removing it. Be cautious, and consider reviewing the code yourself here and here, and then if you find it acceptable, download the mod from GitHub Actions directly.