Started the protocol update from 1.6.4 to 1.7.2, which is pretty major.

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ BurningPig
 
 ![burningpig](http://joedoyle.us/burningpig.png)
 
-###A Minecraft 1.6.4 Server in Node.js
+###A Minecraft 1.7.2 Server in Node.js
+
+** The protocol change from 1.6.4 to 1.7.2 is huge and in progress**
+
 
 BurningPig is a custom server for the creative game Minecraft:
 <a href="http://minecraft.net">www.minecraft.net</a>

handlers/timeHandler.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+var packets = require('../network/packetList').serverPackets;
+
 var TimeHandler = function(world) {
 
     var dayTime = new Buffer(8);
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ var TimeHandler = function(world) {
         dayTime.fill(0);
         dayTime.writeUInt16BE(timeLow % 24000, 6);
 
-        var time = world.packetWriter.build({ ptype: 0x04, time: world.worldTime, daytime: dayTime });
+        var time = world.packetWriter.build({ ptype: packets.TimeUpdate, worldAge: world.worldTime, time: dayTime });
         world.packetSender.sendToAllPlayers(time);
 
         var packetLength = 0;
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ var TimeHandler = function(world) {
             var cPing = player.getPing();
 
             var playerlist = world.packetWriter.build({
-                ptype: 0xC9,
+                ptype: packets.PlayerListItem,
                 playerName: player.name,
                 online: true,
                 ping:  cPing > 0x7FFF ? 0x7FFF : cPing

network/packet.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var util = require('util');
 var int64 = require('node-int64');
+var varint = require('varint');
 
 var Packet = function(size) {
   this.buffer = new Buffer(size);
@@ -16,11 +17,10 @@ Packet.prototype.getPosition = function() {
 
 Packet.prototype.writeString = function (data) {
     var stringBuf = new Buffer(data, 'binary');
+    var length = varint.encode(data.length);
 
-    this.writeShort(data.length);
-    for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
-        this.writeShort(stringBuf[i]);
-    }
+    this.writeArray(length);
+    this.writeArray(stringBuf);
 
     return this;
 };

network/packetList.js

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+module.exports = {
+    serverPackets: {
+        KeepAlive: 0x00,
+        JoinGame: 0x01,
+        ChatMessage: 0x02,
+        TimeUpdate: 0x03,
+        EntityEquipment: 0x04,
+        SpawnPosition: 0x05,
+        UpdateHealth: 0x06,
+        Respawn: 0x07,
+        PlayerPositionAndLook: 0x08,
+        HeldItemChange: 0x09,
+        UseBed: 0x0A,
+        Animation: 0x0B,
+        SpawnPlayer: 0x0C,
+        CollectItem: 0x0D,
+        SpawnObject: 0x0E,
+        SpawnMob: 0x0F,
+        SpawnPainting: 0x10,
+        SpawnExperienceOrb: 0x11,
+        EntityVelocity: 0x12,
+        DestroyEntities: 0x13,
+        Entity: 0x14,
+        EntityRelativeMove: 0x15,
+        EntityLook: 0x16,
+        EntityLookAndRelativeMove: 0x17,
+        EntityTeleport: 0x18,
+        EntityHeadLook: 0x19,
+        EntityStatus: 0x1A,
+        AttachEntity: 0x1B,
+        EntityMetadata: 0x1C,
+        EntityEffect: 0x1D,
+        RemoveEntityEffect: 0x1E,
+        SetExperience: 0x1F,
+        EntityProperties: 0x20,
+        ChunkData: 0x21,
+        MultiBlockChange: 0x22,
+        BlockChange: 0x23,
+        BlockAction: 0x24,
+        BlockBreakAnimation: 0x25,
+        MapChunkBulk: 0x26,
+        Explosion: 0x27,
+        Effect: 0x28,
+        SoundEffect: 0x29,
+        Particle: 0x2A,
+        ChangeGameState: 0x2B,
+        SpawnGlobalEntity: 0x2C,
+        OpenWindow: 0x2D,
+        CloseWindow: 0x2E,
+        SetSlot: 0x2F,
+        WindowItems: 0x30,
+        WindowProperty: 0x31,
+        ConfirmTransaction : 0x32,
+        UpdateSign: 0x33,
+        Maps: 0x34,
+        UpdateBlockEntity: 0x35,
+        SignEditorOpen: 0x36,
+        Statistics: 0x37,
+        PlayerListItem: 0x38,
+        PlayerAbilities: 0x39,
+        TabComplete: 0x3A,
+        ScoreboardObjective: 0x3B,
+        UpdateScore: 0x3C,
+        DisplayScoreboard: 0x3D,
+        Teams: 0x3E,
+        PluginMessage: 0x3F,
+        Disconnect: 0x40,
+    },
+    clientPackets: {
+        KeepAlive: 0x00,
+        ChatMessage: 0x01,
+        UseEntity: 0x02,
+        Player: 0x03,
+        PlayerPosition: 0x04,
+        PlayerLook: 0x05,
+        PlayerPositionAndLook: 0x06,
+        PlayerDigging: 0x07,
+        PlayerBlockPlacement: 0x08,
+        HeldItemChange: 0x09,
+        Animation: 0x0A,
+        EntityAction: 0x0B,
+        SteerVehicle: 0x0C,
+        CloseWindow: 0x0D,
+        ClickWindow: 0x0E,
+        ConfirmTransaction: 0x0F,
+        CreativeInventoryAction: 0x10,
+        EnchantItem: 0x11,
+        UpdateSign: 0x12,
+        PlayerAbilities: 0x13,
+        TabComplete: 0x14,
+        ClientSettings: 0x15,
+        ClientStatus: 0x16,
+        PluginMessage: 0x17,
+    }
+};