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tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 5:56 PM

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Hi, any idea as to why when I change the version of my plugin in the pom.xml it doesn't let me? (I'm using intelIj)

 <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
            <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.18.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

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clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 5:56 PM

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What are you trying to change it to

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And what error does it result in

tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 5:57 PM

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I'm changing it manually to 1.17.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT for example
and it says: Dependency 'org.spigotmc:spigot-api:1.17.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT' not found

clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 5:57 PM

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Why do you need to change it from 1.18 to 1.17

tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 5:58 PM

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I want to test if my plugin works in 1.17 as well

clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 5:58 PM

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You don't need to change the version in your pom.xml for that

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That only changes what version of the API it's linked against

tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 5:58 PM

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I want to go down versions and see whats the lowest version my plugin works at

clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 5:58 PM

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Just drop the jar onto a 1.17 server

tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 5:58 PM

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When I do it though, it doesn't even detect my plugin

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Isn't it related?

clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 5:58 PM

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Surely it does

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But you probably specified an api-version of 1.18 in your plugin.yml

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If you want it to load for all versions set the api-version to 1.13

tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 5:59 PM

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ohhh

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I need to change it there then?

clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 5:59 PM

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Yes

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1.13 is the earliest api-version

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Servers running a lower version than 1.13 will not check the api-version at all

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So setting it to 1.13 will make it support all versions

tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 6:00 PM

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clever tundra That only changes what version of the API it's *linked* against

I see, thank you very much!
Could you also explain please what do you mean here?

clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 6:00 PM

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The version specified in the pom.xml will affect what api you link against

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So if you change it to 1.8

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It will still be able to run on 1.18 servers

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But your code will error if you try to use anything that wasn't in the 1.8 API

tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 6:01 PM

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So shouldn't I change it to 1.13 there?

clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 6:01 PM

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No

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That will make it so that you can't use any features post-1.13

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I mean if you're trying to make it work all versions 1.13+ then I guess you should

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But that's separate from api-version

tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 6:03 PM

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Ah, then if I just change the api-version and I haven't used anything that isn't included in the 1.8 api then my plugin should work on versions 1.8+?

clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 6:04 PM

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Yes

tight escarp Mar 26, 2022, 6:04 PM

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And when changing it in the pom.xml it changes the library I use?

clever tundra Mar 26, 2022, 6:05 PM

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The version of it, yes

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