4.4.2

• Added proper 1.19.1->1.19 protocol transformation (and with that proper 1.19->1.18.2)
• Added 1.19->1.18 sound mappings (by iheartstriders)
• Hotfix handling of different versions of Velocity modern forwarding (by Gerrygames)
• Fixed expired message timestamps in 1.19->1.18 (by Pieter12345)
• Fixed certain cases of positional block placement in 1.11->1.10 (by FlorianMichael)
• Fixed missing mangrove and deep dark biome mapping

4.4.1

• Added basic support for 1.19.0 clients on 1.19.1 servers. While it works, some inconveniences will be visible, since the protocol path for this is 1.19.1->1.18.2->1.19.0
• Handle message formats for outgoing /msg and /teammsg messages

4.4.0

1.19.1 server support

• While this version still supports 1.19.0 servers, on those you will get a better experience using 4.3.1 release

4.3.1

THIS WILL BE THE LAST VERSION CONTAINING 1.19.0 SERVER/CLIENT SUPPORT - every version after this will skip 1.19.0 and directly translate from 1.19.1 to 1.18.2.

• Properly handle custom chat type on 1.19 servers
• Fixed 1.18.0/.1 clients on 1.19 servers
• Fixed trading with villagers
• Fixed writing books

4.3.0

• Added 1.19 server support
  • Note that old clients will not be able to send signed messages, only unsigned messages, meaning you cannot enforce signed messages using the new server property
• Fixed 1.13->1.12 item cooldowns
• Removed a warning for bad horse armor data

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