Merge 'stable' into 'minor-next'

Automatic merge performed by: https://github.com/pmmp/RestrictedActions/actions/runs/14565559872

src/entity/Entity.php

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ use pocketmine\player\Player;
 use pocketmine\Server;
 use pocketmine\timings\Timings;
 use pocketmine\timings\TimingsHandler;
+use pocketmine\utils\Limits;
 use pocketmine\utils\Utils;
 use pocketmine\VersionInfo;
 use pocketmine\world\format\Chunk;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ use function floatval;
 use function floor;
 use function fmod;
 use function get_class;
+use function min;
 use function sin;
 use function spl_object_id;
 use const M_PI_2;
@@ -701,9 +703,16 @@ abstract class Entity{
 	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
 	 */
 	public function setFireTicks(int $fireTicks) : void{
-		if($fireTicks < 0 || $fireTicks > 0x7fff){
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Fire ticks must be in range 0 ... " . 0x7fff . ", got $fireTicks");
+		if($fireTicks < 0){
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Fire ticks cannot be negative");
 		}
+
+		//Since the max value is not externally obvious or intuitive, many plugins use this without being aware that
+		//reasonably large values are not accepted. We even have such usages within PM itself. It doesn't make sense
+		//to force all those calls to be aware of this limitation, as it's not a functional limit but a limitation of
+		//the Mojang save format. Truncating this to the max acceptable value is the next best thing we can do.
+		$fireTicks = min($fireTicks, Limits::INT16_MAX);
+
 		if(!$this->isFireProof()){
 			$this->fireTicks = $fireTicks;
 			$this->networkPropertiesDirty = true;