From 480055b3d70fa455e5f11c39d2b0afdb4c6aa152 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vemacs <gentoo@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 16:46:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Give actually helpful error message for attempts to load on
 1.7

---
 Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
index 83cf99e9c..71835af21 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ public class Essentials extends JavaPlugin implements net.ess3.api.IEssentials {
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
         try {
+            String serverString = Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getName();
+            for (int i = 1; i <= 7; i++) {
+                if (serverString.contains(".v1_" + i + "_R")) {
+                    throw new Error("Outdated server. This version of Essentials will only work on Bukkit 1.8 or higher.");
+                }
+            }
+            if (serverString.contains(".v1_8_R1.")) {
+                getLogger().warning("Detected Bukkit 1.8.0. Spawners will not work properly until you upgrade to 1.8.3 or higher.");
+            }
             LOGGER.setParent(this.getLogger());
             execTimer = new ExecuteTimer();
             execTimer.start();