# ViaBackwards

Allows older Minecraft versions on a newer Minecraft server

Supported versions
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**Green** = ViaVersion\
**Purple** = ViaBackwards addition

![supported_versions](https://i.imgur.com/MGmk8Yp.png)

Releases / Dev Builds
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**Requires [ViaVersion](https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/viaversion.19254/) 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/

Known issues
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* 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
* Sound mappings are incomplete ([see here](https://github.com/ViaVersion/ViaBackwards/issues/326))
* There are issues with 1.13->1.12 text component conversion, mostly coming down how to Bungee Chat works (we'd like to use [adventure](https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure), but that requires Via to be moved to Gradle due to more complex build hackery)

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**Maven:** https://repo.viaversion.com/

**Issue tracker:** https://github.com/ViaVersion/ViaBackwards/issues

**List of contributors:** https://github.com/ViaVersion/ViaBackwards/graphs/contributors