Auseawesome

This could easily be fixed by having a jar file in releases already compiled but on the pre release its done but mindustry doesn't look for pre relaeses. Just wait...

Is there a mod or method I can use to revert this behaviour? Or is there nothing I can currently do to fix this.

Disabling materials in a modpack is as easy as creating a datapack (following the structure in the Github Wiki). Creating a file under /data/silentgear/silentgear-materials/MATERIALNAMEHERE.json and just put a valid file...

Can confirm for latest version. Maybe mattocks should also provide this harvest bonus?

The license allows for uploading the mod jar in a modrinth pack. So even if it does not get an official modrinth release it can be used within modrinth packs