Fixed entities from despawning after creating a character sheet.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ All notable changes to **CreatureChat** are documented in this file. The format
 - Updated unit tests to add new LEAD tests
 - Updated README.md to include HTML inside spoiler instructions, and whitelist/blacklist commands
 
+### Fixed
+- Entity persistence is now fixed (after creating a character sheet). No more despawning mobs.
+
 ## [1.0.8] - 2024-07-16
 
 ### Added

src/main/java/com/owlmaddie/network/ServerPackets.java

@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ public class ServerPackets {
                     LOGGER.debug("Setting entity name to " + characterName + " for " + chatData.entityId);
                     entity.setCustomName(Text.literal(characterName));
                     entity.setCustomNameVisible(true);
+                    entity.setPersistent();
                 }
 
                 PacketByteBuf buffer = new PacketByteBuf(Unpooled.buffer());