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

Dev builds: https://ci.viaversion.com/view/ViaBackwards/

Hangar page: https://hangar.papermc.io/ViaVersion/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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