Issue with using items on >= 1.17 versions

[Cosmic-SC]

General Information

viaforge latest with optifine.
pretty sure this only happens if your actual client version is below 1.17

Bug Description

Some servers kick for "invalid item use" or just straight up ban you if you are using any version that is above or equal to 1.17.
After checking a bit, I think the issue is related to "placeBlockDirection" in the placement packet; the kick or ban only happens if the value of "placeBlockDirection" is 255.

Steps to Reproduce

join gamster (with version changed to 1.17 or above) -> join practice or bedwars or skywars -> use a consumable item.
practice and bedwars kick you while in skywars, you either get banned or kicked after some time.

Expected Behavior

you should not get kicked or banned for using items :(((

[Cosmic-SC]

@FlorianMichael any updates on this?

[florianreuth]

I don't think this will be ever implemented in ViaForge, Mojang has changed quite a lot stuff in those versions and I don't have any interests in implementing more clientside related fixes into ViaForge.

[Cosmic-SC]

alright 👍

[florianreuth]

I can't recommend anyone to use old Minecraft versions or mod loaders, I can recommend ViaFabricPlus which is a Fabric 1.20.4 mod adding support for every Minecraft multiplayer version and it even contains tons of improvements to the game play like 1.8 combat and animations.

[Cosmic-SC]

I can't recommend anyone to use old Minecraft versions or mod loaders, I can recommend ViaFabricPlus which is a Fabric 1.20.4 mod adding support for every Minecraft multiplayer version and it even contains tons of improvements to the game play like 1.8 combat and animations.

unfortunately I work mainly on 1.8 stuff and I don't have enough time to learn protocol for newer versions :( and thus I don't really have any use for ViaFabricPlus since it only works on modern mc versions