DBetterModel

A maintenance release that compiles the v3 compat layer against BetterModel 3.3.0 while keeping the single universal jar working on every earlier BM line. No script, command, tag, or mechanism changed — every 6.0 script runs unchanged.

Breaking changes: none.

What changed

• Build against BetterModel 3.3.0 — bettermodel.v3.version bumped 3.2.0 → 3.3.0, so the v3 layer compiles against the current API.
• Migrated off the deprecated manager getters — BM 3.3.0 refactored the per-manager accessors (modelManager(), scriptManager(), skinManager(), …) into a single BetterModelPlatform#manager(Class) and marked the old getters @Deprecated (removal candidates in a future major). The v3 layer now goes through the unified accessor.

Why it needed a runtime fork, not a swap

BM 3.3.0 didn't just rename methods — it split the API:

• 3.2.0 and below: only the named getters exist. There is no Manager supertype and no manager(Class) method.
• 3.3.0+: manager(Class) is the real accessor; the named getters became deprecated delegates, slated for removal in 4.x.

DBetterModel ships one jar that selects a compat layer at startup and must keep running on 3.0.x–3.3.x (and best-effort 4.x). A static call to manager(Class) would NoSuchMethodError on a 3.2.0 server; relying only on the getters would break on 4.x once they're removed. So the new V3Managers helper resolves the accessor reflectively at load time — preferring manager(Class) on 3.3.0+ and falling back to the named getter on 3.2.0 — the same idiom the v2 layer already uses to bridge a BM API break (V2HitboxLegacy).

Compatibility

• BetterModel 3.3.0 — new, via the unified manager(Class) accessor.
• BetterModel 3.0.x–3.2.x — unchanged; served through the legacy-getter fallback.
• BetterModel 1.15.x / 2.x — untouched (v1/v2 layers).

Testing

Verified on a live in-game headless stand against BetterModel 3.3.0, plus the unit suite, all green.

Automated — tests/minecraft/test-headless.dsc (console-driven, spawns its own rig, DBM-RESULT OK/FAIL line):

Run against a real BetterModel 3.3.0 server with Denizen 1.3.3-SNAPSHOT (build 7290-DEV) and the stock demon_knight / blue_wizard / steve models. The console reported Detected BetterModel 3.3.0 — using compat layer …V3Platform — which prints only after the V3Platform constructor (and thus the migrated manager(Class) path) succeeds — followed by DBM-RESULT OK=19 FAIL=0, with no NoSuchMethodError or manager exceptions in the log.

Unit — LayerSelectorTest, VersionsTest green, including a new assertion that 3.3.0 resolves to the v3 layer. ./gradlew build importBan passes: the v3 layer compiles against bettermodel-*-api:3.3.0, and the compat boundary check (:core must not touch a BM class) still holds.

Unchanged lines — the v1 (1.15.x) and v2 (2.x) layers are byte-for-byte unchanged from 6.0.0, and the v3 path for 3.0.x–3.2.x now runs through the legacy-getter fallback; their 6.0.0 headless results (19/19 each on 3.2.0, 3.0.1, 2.2.0, 2.0.1, 1.15.2) carry over.

Requirements

Java 21+ (Java 25 only when running BetterModel 3.x — BM 3.x itself requires it) · Paper 1.21.x+ · Denizen 1.3.1+.

Docs: wiki.meigo.pw/docs/dbettermodel and the in-repo docs/ folder.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/meigoc/DBetterModel/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0