4.2.1

• Mostly fixed 1.17->1.16 inventory desync issues (thanks to Quantum64)
  • Issues won't 100% be gone, but this is likely as far as it will ever go. You can follow two potential candidates in this issue: #446
• Fixed 1.17/1.18->1.15 biome handling, added biome-mappings.json for custom biomes
• Fixed long scoreboard objective names in 1.18->1.17
• Fixed bad sending of block entities below y 0/above y 255 in 1.17->1.16
• Fixed smoke directions in 1.13.1->1.13 (by WinX64)
• Fixed Velocity and Sponge config locations. If you are updating from an older version, please move the ViaBackwards config from <plugin folder>/ViaBackwards/config.yml/config.yml to <plugin folder>/ViaBackwards/config.yml

4.2.0

Added 1.18.2 server support
Updated Sponge module to Sponge API v8

• Added 1.17->1.16 sound mappings (by FrostBird347)
• Fixed 1.14->1.13 difficulty (by creeper123123321)
• Fixed some 1.18->1.17 nbt conversion issues (by WinX64)
• Fixed 1.17->1.16 heightmap conversion
• Fixed some advancement translatable messages
• Made the custom height warning a warning instead of an error, only printing it once
• Removed visible "Wither skeleton" display name for wither skeletons in 1.11->1.10

4.1.1

• Fixed new 1.18 biomes for <1.18 clients
• Fixed some particle issues
• Fixed errors with other plugins sending metadata for non-existing entities

4.1.0

Added 1.18 server support

• Fixed 1.17->1.16 and 1.16.2->1.16.1 meta types
• Fixed 1.13.1->1.13 inventory titles
• Fixed 1.16->1.15 angry wolves not having red eyes
• Fixed some particle translation issues
• Added an option to improve compatibility with anticheat plugins with 1.17->1.16 translation
• Made entity names shown above heads of new entities configurable in mapping files
  • If you were using custom mapping files in the plugin directory, you have to manually add the new section
• Changed the default 1.17->1.16 powder snow bucket mapping from milk_bucket to snow_block

4.0.1

• Added 1.17.1 server support
• Fixed 1.17->1.16 ping packet sending (by SuspiciousActivity)
• Fixed 1.17->1.16 map data handling
• Fixed some 1.17->1.16 and 1.16->1.15 particles
• Fixed 1.15->1.14 immediate respawn gamerule
• Fixed entities becoming invisible after you die with a <=1.12 client on a 1.16+ server
• Fixed issues with plugins sending bad metadata packets
• Fixed issues with custom world height

4.0.0

• Added support for 1.17 servers - WARNING: Setting custom world height is NOT supported and will lead to problems with older clients joining!
  • While we took effort to at least make it work with a changed min_y world value, both min_y and and changed height are not and will (most likely) never be fully supported.
  • Old clients will simply not see and not be able to interact with any blocks under y=0 and above y=255.
• Chat component transformation has been moved from Bungee Chat to the more reliable/modern adventure project to fix multiple issues in that regard
• Made 1.11->1.10 and 1.10->1.9 sounds configurable
• Fixed plugins setting player skins (sending respawn packets in the same dimension) in 1.16->1.15 (by myles)
• Fixed colored inventory titles in 1.13.1->1.13 (by MrMicky)
• Fixed some mushroom blocks becoming invisible in 1.13->1.12 (by MrMicky)
• Fixed (some) tab completion of commands without permission in 1.13->1.12 (by MrMicky)
• Fixed a handful of tab completion parsers in 1.13-1.15 clients (by RK-01)
• Fixed wolf health tail positions in 1.15->1.14 (by RK-01)
• Fixed various missing sounds and sound warnings in legacy versions
• Fixed lightning bolts in 1.16->1.15
• Fixed errors on legacy server startup with late-bind enabled
• Fixed < 1.12 clients being disconnected when receiving items with long array nbt tags
• Fixed < 1.11 client console error spam

3.2.0

• 1.16.4 server support
• Particle mappings are now configurable in the mapping files (see the wiki for more info)
• New mob names are now set as always visible (configurable in the config as well)
• Fixed fire extinguishing on 1.16 servers for sub 1.16 clients
• Fixed coloring in actionbars sent with chat packets (@Gerrygames)

3.1.1

• 1.16.3 server support
• Statistics are now rewritten for all versions
• Fixed init on Sponge

Fixes for sub 1.16 clients on 1.16 servers:

• Fixed skull texture displays in certain scenarios
• Fixed fishing rod display
• Fixed rgb colors in server list motds
• Fixed multi block changes
• Fixed horizontal chain mappings

1.16.2 support

• 1.16.2 server support
• Improved color matching for rgb chat colors
• Netherite tools/armor are now mapped to their diamond equivalent
• Fixed item tag data exponentially accumulating over versions (and potentially causing disconnects due to oversized packets)
• Fixed tablist rgb colors
• Fixed an issue with world switching for the same dimensions on 1.16 servers
• Fixed 1.16->1.15 item attribute handling
• Fixed 1.14->1.13 items and 1.12->1.11 titles with null json components
• Fixed white being removed from suffix starts in 1.13->1.12

1.16.1 support

• Added 1.16.1 support
• Fixed parsing of extremely large components