Havok Physics

Havok Physics is a concept that appears in 324 games
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Havok Physics (Havok) is a physics API developed by Irish company Havok and released in 2000. It is used in video games as a physics engine, allowing for realistic interactions between in-game entities.

Overview

Developed by Irish company Havok, Havok Physics is a physics engine designed for video games to allow real-time interaction between objects in 3D.  The engine uses dynamical simulation  to allow for  ragdoll physics.  The company was founded by Hugh Reynolds and Dr. Steven Collins in 1998 in Trinity College Dublin where much of it's development is still carried out. Dr. Steven Collins currently acts as course director to Interactive Entertainment Technology in Trinity College Dublin as well as lecturing in real-time rendering.

Havok can also be found in Autodesk 3ds Max as a bundled plug-in called Reactor.  A plugin for Autodesk Maya animation software and an extra for Adobe Director's Shockwave are also available.

Development

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In 2008 Havok released details of its new Cloth and Destruction middleware.  Cloth deals with simulation of character garments and soft bodies while Destruction provides tools for creation of destructible and deformable environments.  Havok Cloth was the company's most widely adopted and best selling piece of software to date. 

At GDC 09 Havok showcased the first details of its forth coming artificial intelligence tools which are to be called Havok AI which will allow for better performing AI in games without the need for the developers to create there own AI models.

History

Version 1.0 of the SDK was first seen at the Games Developers Conference in the year 2000.  The current version is Version 6.5, released on 27 August 2008.

It is known to work on:
Havok Physics games Edit
Name Platforms Developer
Taxi Racer London 2 PC Team6 game studios
Europe Racer PC, PS1 Davilex Games B.V.
Room Zoom: Race for Impact XBOX
Amsterdam Taxi Madness PC
Battleship released on May 15, 2012 DS, 3DS, PS3, WII, X360 Magic Pockets, Double Helix Games
Diablo III released on May 15, 2012 MAC, PC Blizzard Entertainment
Alan Wake's American Nightmare released on Feb. 22, 2012 PC, XBLM Remedy Entertainment Ltd.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss released on Feb. 8, 2012 PSNV, VITA Bend Game Studio
Amy released on Jan. 11, 2012 PC, XBLM, PS3N VectorCell Studios
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception released on Nov. 1, 2011 PS3 Naughty Dog, Inc.
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General Information Edit
Concept Name: Havok Physics
Appears in: 324 games
First appearance: Whirl Tour
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