Rename works, at least locally (#3). Need to verify on server.

src/main/java/fairies/entity/EntityFairy.java

@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ public class EntityFairy extends EntityAnimal {
 	}
 
 	public String getActualName(int prefix, int suffix) {
-		final String custom = "";// getCustomName();
+		final String custom = getCustomName();
 		if (custom != null && !custom.isEmpty())
 			return custom;
 

src/main/java/fairies/event/FairyEventListener.java

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ public class FairyEventListener {
 		SET_FAIRY_NAME(0, PacketSetFairyName.class);
 		
 		public final byte packet_id;
-		protected final Class<?extends IFairyPacket> packet_class;
-		private PacketType(final int id, Class<?extends IFairyPacket> clazz) {
+		protected final Class<?extends FairyPacket> packet_class;
+		private PacketType(final int id, Class<?extends FairyPacket> clazz) {
 			packet_id = (byte)id;
 			packet_class = clazz;
 		}
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ public class FairyEventListener {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public interface IFairyPacket {
-		public void init(PacketBuffer buf);
-		public void handle(NetworkManager networkManager);
-	}
-	
 	@SubscribeEvent
 	public void onPacket(ServerCustomPacketEvent event) {
 		if( event.packet.channel().equals(Version.CHANNEL) ) {
@@ -63,7 +58,7 @@ public class FairyEventListener {
 				return;
 			}
 			
-			final IFairyPacket packet;
+			final FairyPacket packet;
 			try {
 				packet = type.packet_class.newInstance();
 			} catch (Exception e) {

src/main/java/fairies/event/FairyPacket.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package fairies.event;
+
+import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.internal.FMLProxyPacket;
+import fairies.Version;
+import fairies.event.FairyEventListener.PacketType;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+import net.minecraft.network.NetworkManager;
+import net.minecraft.network.PacketBuffer;
+
+public abstract class FairyPacket extends FMLProxyPacket {
+
+	protected FairyPacket(PacketType packetType) {
+		super( new PacketBuffer(Unpooled.buffer()), Version.CHANNEL );
+		
+		final PacketBuffer buf = (PacketBuffer)this.payload();
+		buf.writeByte(packetType.packet_id);
+	}
+	
+	protected abstract void pack();
+	public abstract void init(PacketBuffer buf);
+	public abstract void handle(NetworkManager networkManager);
+
+}

src/main/java/fairies/event/PacketSetFairyName.java

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.internal.FMLProxyPacket;
 import fairies.FairyFactions;
 import fairies.entity.EntityFairy;
-import fairies.event.FairyEventListener.IFairyPacket;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
 import net.minecraft.network.NetHandlerPlayServer;
 import net.minecraft.network.NetworkManager;
 import net.minecraft.network.PacketBuffer;
 
-public class PacketSetFairyName implements IFairyPacket {
+public class PacketSetFairyName extends FairyPacket {
 	
 	public static final int MIN_NAME_LENGTH = 3;
 	public static final int MAX_NAME_LENGTH = 16;
@@ -20,8 +20,22 @@ public class PacketSetFairyName implements IFairyPacket {
 	private String name;
 	
 	public PacketSetFairyName(final EntityFairy fairy, final String name) {
+		super(FairyEventListener.PacketType.SET_FAIRY_NAME);
 		this.fairyID = fairy.getEntityId();
 		this.name = name;
+		pack();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void pack() {
+		final PacketBuffer buf = (PacketBuffer)this.payload();
+		buf.writeInt(this.fairyID);
+		try {
+			buf.writeStringToBuffer(this.name);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
 	}
 	
 	@Override

src/main/java/fairies/proxy/CommonProxy.java

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class CommonProxy {
 
 	public void sendFairyRename(final EntityFairy fairy, final String name) {
 		final PacketSetFairyName packet = new PacketSetFairyName( fairy, name );
-		//sendToServer( packet );
+		sendToServer( packet );
 	}
 	
 	// Packet that handles fairy mounting.