[Feature] Backwards compatibility for use with ViaVersion

[bpx573]

Hello, is it possible to make this plugin work on 1.17.1 with viaversion so 1.18 clients don't get the fog? If you can't implement the feature publicly we will pay you for it! Add me on discord to discuss!

Discord:

Barry#0 3 6 3 (Had to separate the discord name so it shows up correctly.)

[Rapha149]

Hey Barry,
I didn't think about users wanting to use this plugin with ViaVersion on older versions but it should be possible for me to implement it. Thank you for the idea!
However, I don't know how much time I will have during the holidays, so it may take some time until it's implemented.

Rapha

[Rapha149]

Hey Barry,
I have bad news for you. I tried it out today and I found no working way how to do that.
I'll leave this issue open, maybe someone else has a solution or an idea.

Rapha

[Pantera07]

I suggested this feature to ViaVersion a month ago, and they told me to make a plugin with Paper API.

[Rapha149]

So you mean that it would work with Paper? I could look into that.

[Rapha149]

I've been thinking about that for a moment and I guess I'll contact ViaVersion myself and ask how I should do it because I don't quite get how the Paper API would help me in this case.

[Pantera07]

https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper/blob/master/patches/api/0014-Add-view-distance-API.patch

This may be related.

[Rapha149]

Well that are some Paper methods that could be used to send different view distances in 1.17+
If there is no other way I could implement that but I would be more pleased if there would be a solution with ViaVersion as this would allow me to add support for lower versions and also for Spigot servers.

[Pantera07]

https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper/blob/ver/1.8.8/Spigot-API-Patches/0011-Add-player-view-distance-API.patch
I found a patch that seems to be relevant in 1.8.8.

[Rapha149]

Yeah, but it says "Not supported yet". Even if you look at the method in 1.16, it's deprecated because it's not implemented then: https://papermc.io/javadocs/paper/1.16/org/bukkit/entity/Player.html#setViewDistance(int)