DOES "WORK" IN ALL VERSIONS, BUT IN ANY VERSION PAST 1.8.9, THE CHARGE BAR UNDER THE CROSSHAIR WILL NOT APPEAR.
THIS DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF YOU JUST WANT TO PLAY 1.8 PVP SERVERS LIKE HYPIXEL

This is an overlay of my current favourite crosshair. It does change things like food and hearts too, but that can't be helped.

Credit for everything but crosshair goes to Looshy's Stardust Default Recolor 256x256 pack which is also my current favourite pack because it doesn't drain my fps at all. Even though its 256x