Memos From the Cube

Since quite a lot of people are finding this site due to my blog post about my HL-340 USB to Serial adapter – presumably looking for the driver – I’m going to be a good Samaritan and upload it for public download. Get your HL-340 driver here! I have nothing to do with the adator or the drivers, so please don’t email me hoping I’ll be able to provide technical support; chances are I’m as totally clueless as you are.

I’ve also uploaded the latest source code to my Java Space “game”, which is available from the new site page here. I’ve been heavily reworking the backend code, which now uses a slower, but MUCH nicer ArrayList to store the game objects. I’ve been opting for ease of use over speed for the latest revisions – battles shouldn’t be more than one or two thousand ships at the extreme, and the simplified vector routines and ArrayLists make for a much more accessible and pleasant coding experience.

I’m still modifying the game code, and adding new features. New is a function to turn on or off gravity effects for bullets – so you can code some dastardly AIs that can “throw curve balls” using nearby planets.