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Changelog:

• 1.18 compatibility by KennyTV and Gerrygames
• 1.9.3 -> 1.9.1 chunk translation fixes by RaphiMC
• Fixed credits screen for 1.8 servers by RaphiMC
• Updated 1.8 metadata type by RaphiMC
• Fix recipe book glitch for servers older than 1.16.2 by Redned
• Updated to Flare for collections by connorhartley / KennyTV
• Minor performance updates for 1.8 chunks by tomcraft
• Updated Injector for Bungee to avoid Unsafe by MrMicky-FR
• BossBar for 1.9+ will now translate empty titles correctly by creeper123123321
• Improved 1.13 plugin channel validation by Gerrygames
• Prevent empty book disconnect by MrMicky-FR
• Improvements to player hand item cache (1.8 servers) by KennyTV
• Refactoring to Via Injector methods by KennyTV
• Improve item movement when double clicking by Gerrygames
• Cancel arm animation if an inventory is open for 1.16+ by tomcraft
• Prevent sending empty metadata for 1.14 -> 1.15 by KennyTV
• New block-versions option in the config e.g. block-versions: ["<1.16"] by KennyTV
• Custom world identifiers can be now set for older servers by Levertion
• Packet limiter is now disabled when the server software provides it by KennyTV
• Improve 1.8 -> 1.9 translation by RaphiMC
• Improved compression handling to fix lilypad servers by creeper123123321
• Fix 1.15 -> 1.16 wolf anger by KennyTV
• Fix 1.17 clients writing empty books by KennyTV
• Several refactors to our packet type system by KennyTV
• Fixed ProtocolSupport compatibility on 1.17 by KennyTV
• UTF-8 is now forced by default by creeper123123321
• Fix 1.15 -> 1.16 / 1.16.1 -> 1.16.2 dropped items by KennyTV
• Fix for NPE in 1.13 component rewriting by KennyTV
• Update BungeeCord compatibility by tomcraft
• Improve bed rewriting / item rewriting consistency by tomcraft
• Several improvements to NBT parsing by KennyTV

Huge thanks to KennyTV, Gerrygames, RaphiMC, MrMicky-FR, tomcraft, creeper123123321, connorhartley, Redned, Levertion for making this update possible.