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Change in Java network protocol #34

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@ForeverZer0

As of version 764 (Minecraft 1.20.2) of the protocol, top-level compound tags sent to clients from the server will omit the "name" field altogether, including the two-byte prefix for the string length, which was typically present, even when empty.

Though untested, I don't see how this won't break things, and an additional option will need added to determine if the name should even attempt to be read when decoding tags from a network stream. It seems Microsoft feels-compelled to add another level of complexity and variation to a simplistic format to save two-bytes of network traffic.

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