WindLaunch Plugin
The WindLaunch Plugin is the server-side counterpart of the WindLaunch Fabric client mod.
It enables a simple handshake system to let compatible clients know whether they are allowed to use the WindLaunch features on a given server.
🧩 Function
- Registers a Plugin Messaging Channel called
windlaunch:handshake - Listens for handshake messages from connected clients
- Sends back a one-byte response to allow the WindLaunch mod on the client
📡 Handshake Protocol
| Code | Direction | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
1 (MSG_HELLO) |
Client → Server | Client requests permission to use WindLaunch |
2 (MSG_OK) |
Server → Client | Server allows WindLaunch for this player |
🔧 Installation
- Place the plugin
.jarfile into your server’spluginsfolder. - Start or reload your server.
- Verify the startup message appears.
- Now give players the windlaunch.use permission so the can use the mod.
🌬️ WindLaunchPlugin enabled, registering messaging channel
🧠 Technical Details
- Plugin Channel:
windlaunch:handshake - Class:
com.mod.windlaunch.WindLaunchPlugin - Depends on: Bukkit/Spigot/Paper (no external libraries)
- Java Version: 21
- No configuration files or commands
- One-way communication — no responses other than the handshake result
🧩 Compatibility
| Platform | Supported |
|---|---|
| Paper / Spigot / Bukkit | ✅ |
| Fabric Client (WindLaunch Mod) | ✅ |
| Other client mods | Ignored |
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as windlaunch-plugin-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.