ViaBackwards
Allows older Minecraft client versions to connect to newer server versions
Supported Versions
Green = ViaVersion
Purple = ViaBackwards addition
Releases / Dev Builds
Requires ViaVersion to be installed
You can find the latest dev builds here:
Jenkins: https://ci.viaversion.com/view/ViaBackwards/
Spigot page: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/viabackwards.27448/
CurseForge page: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/viabackwards
Known issues
- Custom 1.17+ min_y and height world values are not and will (most likely) never be supported => Clients older than 1.17 will not be able to see or interact with blocks below y=0 and above y=255
- < 1.17 clients on 1.17+ servers might experience inventory desyncs on certain inventory click actions
- Sound mappings are incomplete (see here)
Other Links
Maven: https://repo.viaversion.com
Issue tracker: https://github.com/ViaVersion/ViaBackwards/issues
List of contributors: https://github.com/ViaVersion/ViaBackwards/graphs/contributors
License
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Special Thanks
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