I have a Paper Minecraft server running version 1.21.1, but I've tried every version of Citizens and keep encountering errors.
This server is running Paper version 1.21.1-132-ver/1.21.1@b48403b (2024-11-21T10:14:27Z) (Implementing API version 1.21.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
You are running the latest version
3:06:10 ERROR]: [DirectoryProviderSource] Error loading plugin: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Directory 'plugins.paper-remapped\citizens-v1_21_R4-2.0.38-SNAPSHOT-remapped-obf.jar' does not contain a paper-plugin.yml or plugin.yml! Could not determine plugin type, cannot load a plugin from it!
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Directory 'plugins.paper-remapped\citizens-v1_21_R4-2.0.38-SNAPSHOT-remapped-obf.jar' does not contain a paper-plugin.yml or plugin.yml! Could not determine plugin type, cannot load a plugin from it!
at io.papermc.paper.plugin.provider.source.FileProviderSource.registerProviders(FileProviderSource.java:86) ~[paper-1.21.1.jar:1.21.1-132-b48403b]
at io.papermc.paper.plugin.provider.source.DirectoryProviderSource.registerProviders(DirectoryProviderSource.java:52) ~[paper-1.21.1.jar:1.21.1-132-b48403b]
at io.papermc.paper.plugin.provider.source.DirectoryProviderSource.registerProviders(DirectoryProviderSource.java:17) ~[paper-1.21.1.jar:1.21.1-132-b48403b]
at io.papermc.paper.plugin.util.EntrypointUtil.registerProvidersFromSource(EntrypointUtil.java:15) ~[paper-1.21.1.jar:1.21.1-132-b48403b]
at io.papermc.paper.plugin.PluginInitializerManager.load(PluginInitializerManager.java:113) ~[paper-1.21.1.jar:1.21.1-132-b48403b]
at net.minecraft.server.Main.main(Main.java:123) ~[paper-1.21.1.jar:1.21.1-132-b48403b]
at io.papermc.paper.PaperBootstrap.boot(PaperBootstrap.java:21) ~[paper-1.21.1.jar:1.21.1-132-b48403b]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.Main.main(Main.java:281) ~[paper-1.21.1.jar:1.21.1-132-b48403b]
at io.papermc.paperclip.Paperclip.lambda$main$0(Paperclip.java:42) ~[app:?]
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583) ~[?:?]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Directory 'plugins.paper-remapped\citizens-v1_21_R4-2.0.38-SNAPSHOT-remapped-obf.jar' does not contain a paper-plugin.yml or plugin.yml! Could not determine plugin type, cannot load a plugin from it!
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[13:06:10 ERROR]: [DirectoryProviderSource] Error loading plugin: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Directory 'plugins.paper-remapped\citizensapi-2.0.38-SNAPSHOT.jar' does not contain a paper-plugin.yml or plugin.yml! Could not determine plugin type, cannot load a plugin from it!