Server Not Starting After Changing Versions

[CrazyWetNoodles]

I changed it to paper 1.17 and after that I changed it back to paper and then I changed it to spigot 1.17.1 and back to paper 1.16.5 and now the server won’t start up, I changed so many times because on paper 1.17 the chunks weren't loading and it was very laggy and then i tried spigot 1.17.1 out but the server wouldn't start up. Help please?

[CrazyWetNoodles]

Im trying to start the server up on paper 1.17 but its taking forever to go online, No it says stopping

NVM SERVER IS ON ILL DOWNLOAD ALL THE WORLDS ASAP

Edited July 10, 2021 by CrazyWetNoodles

[tye123]

On 7/9/2021 at 9:26 PM, CoolProgrammer said:

/dl world

Where do I type this into?

[qBlood]

How to i do /dl world (world name)? my server wont start up so i cant do that command

[CoolProgrammer]

5 minutes ago, CrazyWetNoodles said:

I changed it to paper 1.17 and after that I changed it back to paper and then I changed it to spigot 1.17.1 and back to paper 1.16.5 and now the server won’t start up, I changed so many times because on paper 1.17 the chunks weren't loading and it was very laggy and then i tried spigot 1.17.1 out but the server wouldn't start up. Help please?

Hey, since your server tried to load a world from a higher version of Minecraft, it terminated itself.

Here is what you can do:

-> Switch your server version to 1.17.
-> Use /dl world (name-of-world) to download all worlds you have.
-> Switch your server version to 1.16.5.
-> Delete all world folders in File Manager tab of your server.
-> Start your server.

This should start your server, and since you have all your worlds downloaded, you can use some techniques to change the 1.17 world to a 1.16.5 world.