From 6c971f840e8bd3c20d6ad7952f4ab50c985f74c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MetallicGoat <the.great.metallic.goat@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 23:12:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix possible issues with legacy mc versions

---
 .../specialItems/customitems/handlers/TowerHandler.java  | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/me/metallicgoat/specialItems/customitems/handlers/TowerHandler.java b/src/main/java/me/metallicgoat/specialItems/customitems/handlers/TowerHandler.java
index dfc4527..88e4d16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/metallicgoat/specialItems/customitems/handlers/TowerHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/metallicgoat/specialItems/customitems/handlers/TowerHandler.java
@@ -143,10 +143,11 @@ private void placeBlock(Arena arena, boolean isLadder, Block block, DyeColor col
 
       } else {
         final BlockState state = block.getState();
-        final org.bukkit.material.Ladder legacyLadder = new org.bukkit.material.Ladder();
-        legacyLadder.setFacingDirection(this.direction.getOppositeFace());
-        state.setData(legacyLadder);
-        state.update();
+
+        if (state.getData() instanceof org.bukkit.material.Ladder) {
+          ((org.bukkit.material.Ladder) state.getData()).setFacingDirection(this.direction.getOppositeFace());
+          state.update();
+        }
       }
     }