public PacketBuffer writeString(String string)
{
    byte[] abyte = string.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8);

    if (abyte.length > 32767)
    {
        // Replaced this, uses abyte.length instead of string.length()
        //throw new EncoderException("String too big (was " + string.length() + " bytes encoded, max " + 32767 + ")");
        throw new EncoderException("String too big (was " + abyte.length + " bytes encoded, max " + 32767 + ")");
    }
    else
    {
        this.writeVarIntToBuffer(abyte.length);
        this.writeBytes(abyte);
        return this;
    }
}