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From: Cutiepie <43445785+Ran-Mewo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 01:56:33 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Set=20the=20core=20to=20use=20Java=20version=20?=
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---
 build.gradle | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1e62674b9..9436b60ed 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -630,14 +630,17 @@ allprojects { p ->
 
     tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
         if (isMinecraftSubProject) {
-            options.release = rootProject.java_version as Integer
+            options.release = rootProject.java_version as Integer // Neoforge complains without this
             options.compilerArgs += ["-Xplugin:Manifold"]
-        } else {
-            options.release = 8; // Core & Api should use Java 8 no matter what
-            //options.release = rootProject.java_version as Integer // But if you want to test some stuff, then this can be enabled
         }
         options.encoding = "UTF-8"
     }
+    
+    // Sets the project's actual Java version (it's recommended to use this over the `options.release` method above)
+    java {
+        sourceCompatibility = rootProject.java_version
+        targetCompatibility = rootProject.java_version
+    }
 
     java {
         withSourcesJar()