For some reason when I try to modify my blacklist/whitelist all the names I add have a [ added in front of them, hence making them not function.

Thank you! I've had reports of the whitelist malfunctioning but nothing as specific as hearing that there was a '[' being added to player's names.

Which version of Forge was this? And which version of my mod? Can you think of any other mods (or libraries) that might be implementing features related to player names?

Thank you! I've had reports of the whitelist malfunctioning but nothing as specific as hearing that there was a '[' being added to player's names.

Which version of Forge was this? And which version of my mod? Can you think of any other mods (or libraries) that might be implementing features related to player names?

forge-40.1.84
dimdungeons-168-forge-1.18.2.jar

I'm pretty sure it's an issue with something causing either name tags specifically or all items to have a '[' before their name when mods try to get their name, as the issue has also happened with other mods that try to get the name of a name tag. My only guess as to the culprit is Apotheosis, though if it is in reality an issue with player names I could also see Jobs+ being the cause. I may be able to send you the mod pack but it's currently in development and not public so I'd need the author's permission (which is likely easy to get) and to send it in either Discord DMs or Curseforge PMs.

Thank you for that comment! I thought it might be another mod interfering with the name tags.

Since a month ago have you been able to figure it out? I want to make a workaround in the next version for 1.18.2.

I've confirmed the problem is Apotheosis.

Fixed in the latest release! Download v172 and let me know if the issue still isn't fixed.