From 1834daa88c6fbefc5cd4062dca15dcf846b0a5a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amy <144570677+amyavi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:18:24 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent Mannequin names from having formatting in 1.12.2

---
 .../v1_21_9to1_21_7/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_21_9.java   | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_21_9to1_21_7/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_21_9.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_21_9to1_21_7/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_21_9.java
index bd8e309aa..84e8139c4 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_21_9to1_21_7/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_21_9.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_21_9to1_21_7/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_21_9.java
@@ -315,10 +315,11 @@ private String randomHackyEmptyName() {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
         // Player names cannot be updated after the initial add without fully respawning them;
         // Stack random color codes to appear as an empty name, later filled with a team prefix
-        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
             final int random = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(ChatColorUtil.ALL_CODES.length());
             builder.append('§').append(ChatColorUtil.ALL_CODES.charAt(random));
         }
+        builder.append("§r");
         return builder.toString();
     }