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Changelog:

• Various fixes to block pick handling on Paper servers in 1.21.2->1.21.4 (by riku6460 and booky10)
• Fixed error when dropping custom painting on the ground in 1.21.2->1.21.4 (by kennytv)
• Fixed transfer intent in handshake in 1.20.4->1.20.5 (by RK_01)
• Handle legacy show_entity text component format in newer protocols (by EnZaXD)
• The modern shield blocking fix on 1.8 servers only applies to 1.21.4+ clients now due to inconsistencies before that; removed sword-blocking-via-consumable config option to always be enabled (by roccodev)
• Send op permission level 4 for use of command blocks in 1.8->1.9 (by EnZaXD)
• Ignore bad entity packets below 1.14 as per Vanilla handling (by EnZaXD)

Huge thanks to Kenny, EnZaXD, riku6460, booky10, roccodev for contributing towards this release.