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BetterLANBroadcaster

BetterLANBroadcaster

A Velocity proxy port of BetterLANBroadcaster, enabling Minecraft LAN server discovery through multicast broadcasting.

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Updated 3 weeks ago
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1.0.2

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BetterLANBroadcaster 1.0.22 months ago 6
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Minecraft: Java Edition
26.2
26.1.x
1.21.x
1.20.x
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Velocity

Changes

BetterLANBroadcaster-Velocity 1.0.2

This release focuses on stabilizing the Velocity port, improving multicast networking, configuration handling, commands, translations, and runtime lifecycle management.

✨ Added

  • Added native Velocity implementation and integration
  • Added configurable network interface selection
  • Added automatic network interface detection
  • Added support for multiple multicast-capable network interfaces
  • Added /blb setinterface
  • Added /blb debug
  • Added /blb reload
  • Added runtime broadcaster reconfiguration
  • Added {online} and {max} MOTD placeholders
  • Added English, Brazilian Portuguese, and Chinese translations
  • Added English fallback for missing translations
  • Added configurable broadcast port
  • Added configurable broadcast interval
  • Added extensive configuration validation

🔧 Improved

  • Improved UDP multicast broadcasting
  • Improved multicast socket lifecycle management
  • Improved broadcaster start/stop handling
  • Improved configuration reload behavior
  • Improved handling of multiple network adapters
  • Improved error handling and logging
  • Improved command handling and argument validation
  • Improved MOTD formatting and placeholder handling
  • Improved plugin lifecycle integration with Velocity
  • Updated the project to Java 21
  • Updated the project to Velocity API 3.4.0

🐛 Fixed

  • Fixed broadcaster startup when automatic broadcasting is disabled
  • Fixed broadcaster shutdown and resource cleanup
  • Fixed runtime configuration changes not being applied correctly
  • Fixed language fallback behavior
  • Fixed missing translation handling
  • Fixed debug mode messages
  • Fixed network interface selection and multicast initialization
  • Fixed configuration validation for invalid ports and delays
  • Fixed various lifecycle and error-handling issues

📡 Networking

BetterLANBroadcaster-Velocity uses Minecraft's native LAN discovery protocol:

  • Multicast address: 224.0.2.60
  • UDP port: 4445
  • Encoding: UTF-8

The advertised server port can now be automatically detected from the Velocity proxy or configured manually.

📚 Documentation

  • Added a new Velocity-focused README
  • Added configuration documentation
  • Added command documentation
  • Added networking and troubleshooting documentation
  • Added project origin and original project credits