using PacketPlayOutViewDistance in code

Hi all
im trying to make a dynamic render distance plugin, and following along with https://github.com/froobynooby/ViewDistanceTweaks
I found the PlayerViewDistance packet

Disclaimer, im new to packets, so using tutorials and modifying what i know to make it work

I tried to use the same packet method for what i was shown for the tab list manipulation

Code:

PacketPlayOutPlayerListHeaderFooter packet = new PacketPlayOutPlayerListHeaderFooter();

...
Object header = new ChatComponentText(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', NewHeader));
Object footer = new ChatComponentText(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', NewFooter));

Field a = packet.getClass().getDeclaredField("header");
a.setAccessible(true);
Field b = packet.getClass().getDeclaredField("footer");
b.setAccessible(true);
a.set(packet, header);
b.set(packet, footer);
if(Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers().size() != 0) {
   for(Player player : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
      ((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);
   }
}

And modified it to be this

Code:

int dist = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
PacketPlayOutViewDistance packet = new PacketPlayOutViewDistance(dist);
 for(Player p : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()){
     ((CraftPlayer) p).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);
  }

When I run my command I can see the render distance changing, but the moment i send the packet the world stops rendering
The player can move around, and the chunks unload and re-load but they dont generate new chunks
as if the players "Chunk" location is set on where they were when the packet was sent

Looking at the protocol FAQ https://wiki.vg/Protocol_FAQ I can see it needs a player location update to load new chunks, but my understanding is thats from the client to the server, not from my plugin to the client

Im obviously doing something wrong here, but i dont know what im missing?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks in advance