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ViaBackwards

ViaBackwards

Mod and plugin

Allow older Java Edition clients to connect to newer servers.

Client or server Utility

1.23M downloads
676 followers
Created3 years ago
Updated13 hours ago

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48b7f37 Default rewriter registrations across protocols

4f4fd5d Handle show dialog item changes Fixes #1200

5.8.0

by kennytv on Mar 27, 2026
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26.1 server support

  • Added missing sound mappings between 1.20.5 and 26.1 (by mfishma)
  • Object, sprite, and player text components will use the 26.1 fallback if present in 1.21.9->1.21.7 (by EnZaXD)
  • Fixed tags and commands using removed registries causing disconnects
  • Glazed terracotta is now mapped to their colored plain variants in 1.12->1.11 (by colbster937)

If you want to get larger version updates early, consider supporting me via https://viaversion.com/donate. See the previous update notes for more info.

5.7.2

by kennytv on Mar 1, 2026
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  • Added config option code-of-conduct-as-dialog to toggle code of conduct translation in 1.21.9->1.21.7 (by EnZaXD)
  • Fixed biome sounds and particles in 1.21.11->1.21.9
  • Fixed reading of massive clientbound text components

If you want to get larger version updates early, consider supporting me via https://viaversion.com/donate. See the previous update notes for more info.

831da78 Handle 1.21.11->1.21.9 biome sounds and particles

e433fb3 Add config option for code of conduct emulation in 1.21.9->1.21.7 (#1194)

f3be21e Fix trusted tag limiting Fixes ViaVersion/ViaVersion#4792

5.7.1

by kennytv on Jan 18, 2026
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See GitHub for release notes.

bb61f4d Add default impl class (#1184)

2360ea2 Fix 1.19->1.18 painting offsets Fixes #964

44819ea Move block entity handling to block rewriter Also fixes double handling in 1.21.5->1.21.4

a839cb0 Handle text components in signs in 1.21.7→1.21.5 (#1173)

b243e5e Add missing warped & crimson sign range (#1179)

Co-authored-by: ItsClairton hi@clairton.dev

ab20f50 Fix short overflow in old velocity handling (#1171)

1f4f451 Update deps (#1170)

Co-authored-by: Nassim Jahnke nassim@njahnke.dev

9e200b0 Prevent block breaking with spears Closes #1169

a1f7c80 Don't require config impl class in ViaBackwardsPlatform#init (#1168)

af9edc8 Fix some older client issues for mannequins (#1166)

Resend the player head rotation, as older clients need to have the player head rotation sent as they don't handle the head rotation correctly in the spawn packet

fea7604 Don't send nautilus mob effect to players < 1.21.11 (#1165)

aeb0f4a Bump version to 5.7.1-SNAPSHOT

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