ViaFabric/README.md

# ViaFabric
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**Client-side and server-side ViaVersion implementation for Fabric**

Allows the connection to/from different Minecraft versions on your Minecraft client/server (LAN worlds too)

This mod supports 1.14.4/1.15.x (on `ver/1.14` branch) and 1.16 snapshots (on `master` branch) with Fabric Loader. Check the Minecraft version in file name when downloading from GitHub Releases.

Note: ViaVersion is not designed for modded Minecraft with registry syncing (fabric-registry-sync mod).


**Dependencies:**
| Dependency                        | Download                                                              |
| --------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ViaVersion 3.0.0+                 | https://viaversion.com/                                               |
| Fabric Textures v0                | https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/fabric-api               |
| Fabric Resource Loader v0         | https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/fabric-api               |
| Fabric Commands v0                | https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/fabric-api               |
| (Included) Cotton Client Commands | https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/cotton-client-commands   |


With ViaVersion:
- your server can accept newer versions
- your client can connect to older versions


Adding [ViaBackwards](https://viaversion.com/backwards) (and optionally [ViaRewind](https://viaversion.com/rewind)):
- your server can accept older versions
- your client can connect to newer versions


A chart with compatible versions is available at https://viaversion.com


**Alternatives to this mod:**
- [MultiConnect](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/multiconnect): this client-side mod does also translate older protocols and fixes some differences between versions, which ViaFabric don't. Currently (2020-06-23) it goes down to 1.10.
- [ProtocolSupport](https://protocol.support/): This plugin for Bukkit allows clients to connect from older versions (down to 1.4.7).

## WARNING
**I can not guarantee that this mod is allowed on every (or even any) server. This mod may cause problems with anti cheat plugins. USE AT OWN RISK**