[Velocity] Bump minimum required Velocity build to 546 (after the bossbar bug was partially fixed) to avoid my head exploding when trying to fix the issue in TAB (and having to make it support the older versions as well) (#1610)

Author: NEZNAMY

velocity/src/main/java/me/neznamy/tab/platforms/velocity/VelocityEventListener.java

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import me.neznamy.tab.shared.platform.EventListener;
 import me.neznamy.tab.shared.platform.TabPlayer;
 import me.neznamy.tab.shared.platform.decorators.SafeBossBar;
-import me.neznamy.tab.shared.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -25,15 +24,6 @@
  */
 public class VelocityEventListener implements EventListener<Player> {
 
-    /**
-     * Whether plugin should be compensating for bossbar bug that was fixed in build #546 or not.
-     * Compensating on builds #546+ will duplicate bossbars on server switch.
-     * Not compensating on builds #545- will cause player disconnects on 1.20.5+ clients on server switch.
-     * Not going to bump minimum required version just for this, we will wait for another opportunity to bump minimum build and then remove this.
-     * EDIT: Apparently there is one more bug, so this option does not control as much, because code is executed regardless.
-     */
-    private static final boolean BOSSBAR_BUG_COMPENSATION = !ReflectionUtils.classExists("com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.bossbar.BossBarManager");
-
     /** Map for tracking online players */
     private final Map<Player, UUID> players = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
@@ -94,7 +84,7 @@ public void onConnect(@NotNull ServerPostConnectEvent e) {
                 );
                 tab.getFeatureManager().onTabListClear(player);
                 if (player.getVersionId() >= ProtocolVersion.V1_20_2.getNetworkId()) {
-                    ((SafeBossBar<?>)player.getBossBar()).unfreezeAndResend(!BOSSBAR_BUG_COMPENSATION);
+                    ((SafeBossBar<?>)player.getBossBar()).unfreezeAndResend(true);
                 }
             }
         });

velocity/src/main/java/me/neznamy/tab/platforms/velocity/VelocityTAB.java

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.Plugin;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.annotation.DataDirectory;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ProxyServer;
-import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.player.TabListEntry;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import me.neznamy.tab.shared.ProjectVariables;
 import me.neznamy.tab.shared.TAB;
+import me.neznamy.tab.shared.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.bstats.velocity.Metrics;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -53,13 +53,12 @@ public class VelocityTAB {
      */
     @Subscribe
     public void onProxyInitialization(@Nullable ProxyInitializeEvent event) {
-        try {
-            TabListEntry.class.getMethod("setShowHat", boolean.class);
+        if (ReflectionUtils.classExists("com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.bossbar.BossBarManager")) {
             TAB.create(new VelocityPlatform(this));
-        } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
-            logger.warn("====================================================================================================");
-            logger.warn("The plugin requires Velocity build #485 (released on March 30th, 2025) and up to work.");
-            logger.warn("====================================================================================================");
+        } else {
+            logger.error("====================================================================================================");
+            logger.error("The plugin requires Velocity build #546 (released on October 17th, 2025) and up to work.");
+            logger.error("====================================================================================================");
         }
     }