Havok Physics

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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.

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Overview

Developed by Irish company Havok (Company), Havok Physics is a physics engine designed for video games to allow real-time interaction between objects in 3D. The engine uses dynamic 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 its 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 their 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:

• Windows
• Mac (Platform)
• Linux (Platform)
• Xbox (Object)
• Xbox 360 (Object)
• Gamecube
• Wii (Object)
• Playstation 2
• Playstation 3
• Playstation Portable

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• 007: From Russia with Love (Game)
• 24: The Game (Game)
• 50 Cent: Bulletproof (Game)
• 50 Cent: Bulletproof G Unit Edition (Game)
• A2 Racer (Game)
• Action Girlz Racing (Game)
• After Burner: Black Falcon (Game)
• Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties (Game)
• Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (Game)
• Agent Hugo (Game)
• Agent Hugo: RoboRumble (Game)
• America's Army: True Soldiers (Game)
• Amped 3 (Game)
• Amsterdam Taxi Madness (Game)
• Amy (Game)
• Anubis II (Game)
• Armed and Dangerous (Game)
• Assassin's Creed II (Game)
• Astro Boy (Game)
• Auto Assault (Game)
• Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood (Game)
• Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Game)
• Battlefield 1943 (Game)
• Battlefield: Bad Company (Game)
• Battleship (Game)
• Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks (Game)
• Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction (Game)
• BioShock 2 (Game)
• BlackSite: Area 51 (Game)
• Boom Blox (Game)
• Boom Blox Bash Party (Game)
• Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood (Game)
• Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (Game)
• Brute Force (Game)
• Brütal Legend (Game)
• Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back (Game)
• Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010 (Game)
• Cargo! The Quest for Gravity (Game)
• Carnival Games (Game)
• Carnival Games Mini Golf (Game)
• Cars (Game)
• Celebrity Sports Showdown (Game)
• Company of Heroes (Game)
• Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (Game)
• Conan (Game)
• Condemned 2: Bloodshot (Game)
• Condemned: Criminal Origins (Game)
• Coraline: The Game (Game)
• Crackdown (Game)
• Crackdown 2 (Game)
• Crash Nitro Kart (Game)
• DJ Hero (Game)
• Dante's Inferno (Game)
• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic (Game)
• Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements (Game)
• Dark Souls (Game)
• Darkwatch (Game)
• Dawn of Mana (Game)
• Dead Rising (Game)
• Dead Rising 2 (Game)
• Dead Rising 3 (Game)
• Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Game)
• Dead Space (Game)
• Dead Space 3 (Game)
• Deadly Creatures (Game)
• Def Jam: Icon (Game)
• Demon's Souls (Game)
• Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge (Game)
• Destroy All Humans! (Game)
• Destroy All Humans! 2 (Game)
• Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed (Game)
• Deus Ex: Invisible War (Game)
• Disaster: Day of Crisis (Game)
• Dishonored 2 (Game)
• Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (Game)
• Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey (Game)
• DmC Devil May Cry (Game)
• Dogfight 1942 (Game)
• Dungeons & Dragons Online (Game)
• EA Playground (Game)
• Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures (Game)
• Elemental: War of Magic (Game)
• Emergency Mayhem (Game)
• Europe Racer (Game)
• Evil Dead: Regeneration (Game)
• F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Game)
• F.E.A.R. 3 (Game)
• F.E.A.R. Files (Game)
• F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point (Game)
• F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon (Game)
• F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate (Game)
• Fallout 3 (Game)
• Fallout: New Vegas (Game)
• Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (Game)
• Far Cry 2 (Game)
• Far Cry 6 (Game)
• Folklore (Game)
• Fracture (Game)
• Freelancer (Game)

Concept details

Name

Havok Physics

Aliases

Games

• 007: From Russia with Love (Game)
• 24: The Game (Game)
• 50 Cent: Bulletproof (Game)
• 50 Cent: Bulletproof G Unit Edition (Game)
• A2 Racer (Game)
• Action Girlz Racing (Game)
• After Burner: Black Falcon (Game)
• Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties (Game)
• Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (Game)
• Agent Hugo (Game)
• Agent Hugo: RoboRumble (Game)
• America's Army: True Soldiers (Game)
• Amped 3 (Game)
• Amsterdam Taxi Madness (Game)
• Amy (Game)
• Anubis II (Game)
• Armed and Dangerous (Game)
• Assassin's Creed II (Game)
• Astro Boy (Game)
• Auto Assault (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Golden Axe (Franchise), Mortal Kombat (Franchise), NBA (Franchise), Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise), Need for Speed (Franchise), Super Smash Bros. (Franchise), X-Men (Franchise), Soul (Franchise), Star Wars (Franchise), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Franchise), Avengers (Franchise), Marvel Super Hero Squad (Franchise), Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Franchise), Tony Hawk (Franchise), Wolverine (Franchise), TNA iMPACT! (Franchise), TNA Wrestling (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), WWE (Franchise), Assassin's Creed (Franchise), Indiana Jones (Franchise), Medal of Honor (Franchise), Wolfenstein (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), Superman (Franchise), Halo (Franchise), Banjo-Kazooie (Franchise), The Simpsons (Franchise), Nickelodeon (Franchise), Spider-Man (Franchise), The Punisher (Franchise), Activision Hero (Franchise), Guitar Hero (Franchise), NBA Live (Franchise), UFC (Franchise), WWE SmackDown! (Franchise), StarCraft (Franchise), Splinter Cell (Franchise), Tom Clancy (Franchise), Mercenaries (Franchise), Dead Rising (Franchise), Pitfall (Franchise), The Matrix (Franchise), Uncharted (Franchise), Lost Planet (Franchise), WWE Smackdown vs. Raw (Franchise), James Bond (Franchise), The Elder Scrolls (Franchise), Alan Wake (Franchise), Deus Ex (Franchise), Max Payne (Franchise), Red Faction (Franchise), Team Fortress (Franchise), Crash Bandicoot (Franchise), Resident Evil (Franchise), BioShock (Franchise), F.E.A.R. (Franchise), Dungeons & Dragons (Franchise), Fallout (Franchise), Warhammer 40,000 (Franchise), Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (Franchise), The Lord of the Rings (Franchise), The Lord of the Rings Online (Franchise), Def Jam (Franchise), Diablo (Franchise), Shadowrun (Franchise), Disney (Franchise), Disney Epic Mickey (Franchise), Mickey Mouse (Franchise), Age of Empires (Franchise), Worms (Franchise), Killzone (Franchise), Syphon Filter (Franchise), Just Cause (Franchise), Destroy All Humans (Franchise), Silent Hill (Franchise), The Witcher (Franchise), Perfect Dark (Franchise), Soldier of Fortune (Franchise), Mana (Franchise), DJ Hero (Franchise), Myst (Franchise), SpongeBob SquarePants (Franchise), Pride FC (Franchise), Brothers in Arms (Franchise), DreamWorks Animation SKG (Franchise), Rainbow Six (Franchise), Rainbow Six Vegas (Franchise), Alone in the Dark (Franchise), The Godfather (Franchise), 50 Cent (Franchise), Cartoon Network (Franchise), Prince of Persia (Franchise), The Sands of Time (Franchise), Fable (Franchise), Far Cry (Franchise), Tenchu (Franchise), The Sims (Franchise), Pixar (Franchise), Family Guy (Franchise), Darksiders (Franchise), Thief (Franchise), SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs (Franchise), Forbidden Siren (Franchise), Saints Row (Franchise), Shrek (Franchise), Shaun White (Franchise), Shaun White Snowboarding (Franchise), Necrovision (Franchise), PainKiller (Franchise), History Channel (Franchise), Initial D (Franchise), Teen Titans (Franchise), Looney Tunes (Franchise), Harry Potter (Franchise), Iron Man (Franchise), Top Spin (Franchise), Robotech (Franchise), Conan (Franchise), WET (Franchise), Toy Story (Franchise), Splatterhouse (Franchise), Disney Princess (Franchise), Incredible Hulk (Franchise), 24 (Franchise), Skate (Franchise), Kane & Lynch (Franchise), Power Rangers (Franchise), de Blob (Franchise), Vampire: The Masquerade (Franchise), Ben 10 (Franchise), Amped (Franchise), Interstate '76 (Franchise), Vigilante 8 (Franchise), Cars (Franchise), Giana Sisters (Franchise), Astro Boy (Franchise), Left 4 Dead (Franchise), Madagascar (Franchise), Untold Legends (Franchise), Crackdown (Franchise), Might and Magic (Franchise), Dead Space (Franchise), Time Crisis (Franchise), Company of Heroes (Franchise), Hugo (Franchise), Souls (Franchise), Spore (Franchise), Ed Edd n Eddy (Franchise), Backyard Wrestling (Franchise), Dark Messiah (Franchise), Spec Ops (Franchise), Battlefield (Franchise), Battlefield: Bad Company (Franchise), James Cameron's Avatar (Franchise), Area 51 (Franchise), Zombie Apocalypse (Franchise), MotorStorm (Franchise), Test Drive (Franchise), Happy Feet (Franchise), Knight Rider (Franchise), Earthsiege (Franchise), Evil Dead (Franchise), Tribes (Franchise), Condemned (Franchise), Test Drive Unlimited (Franchise), Ghost Recon (Franchise), Battleship (Franchise), Full Spectrum Warrior (Franchise), World In Conflict (Franchise), Go (Franchise), After Burner (Franchise), Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Franchise), Cabela's (Franchise), America's Army (Franchise), Carnival Games (Franchise), MySims (Franchise), Operation Flashpoint (Franchise), Scene It? (Franchise), Stuntman (Franchise), Elemental (Franchise), Boom Blox (Franchise), The Eye of Judgment (Franchise), Micro Machines (Franchise), Neopets (Franchise), Desperados (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Batman (Character), Catwoman (Character), Deathstroke (Character), Flash (Character), Green Lantern (Character), Lex Luthor (Character), Shazam (Character), Superman (Character), The Joker (Character), Wonder Woman (Character), Zelda (Character), Ganon (Character), Gray Fox (Character), Link (Character), Steve Rogers (Character), Darth Vader (Character), Starkiller (Character), Wolverine (Character), Deadpool (Character), Doctor Doom (Character), Eddie Brock (Character), Juggernaut (Character), Lady Deathstrike (Character), Magneto (Character), Peter Parker (Character), Shocker (Character), Cable (Character), Captain Marvel (Character), Colossus (Character), Cyclops (Character), Daredevil (Character), Elektra (Character), Gambit (Character), Hercules (Character), Iceman (Character), Jean Grey (Character), Luke Cage (Character), Nick Fury (Character), Psylocke (Character), Quicksilver (Character), Sackboy (Character), Speedball (Character), Spider-Woman (Character), Storm (Character), Thing (Character), Tony Stark (Character), Winter Soldier (Character), King Dedede (Character), Kirby (Character), Lucario (Character), Luigi (Character), Meta Knight (Character), Bizarro (Character), Brainiac (Character), Doomsday (Character), Harley Quinn (Character), Sinestro (Character), Aquaman (Character), Batgirl (Character), Beast Boy (Character), Black Canary (Character), Dick Grayson (Character), Donna Troy (Character), Green Arrow (Character), Hawkgirl (Character), Hawkman (Character), Huntress (Character), Lois Lane (Character), Martian Manhunter (Character), Power Girl (Character), Starfire (Character), Steel (Character), Supergirl (Character), Swamp Thing (Character), Thor (Character), Tim Drake (Character), Zatanna (Character), Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (Character), Master Chief (Character), Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson (Character), Bane (Character), Clayface (Character), Killer Croc (Character), Mad-Hatter (Character), Mr. Freeze (Character), Poison Ivy (Character), Ra's Al Ghul (Character), Scarecrow (Character), Talia al Ghul (Character), The Penguin (Character), The Riddler (Character), Two-Face (Character), Batwoman (Character), Bullseye (Character), Cletus Kasady (Character), Curt Connors (Character), Mac Gargan (Character), Max Dillon (Character), Norman Osborn (Character), Black Widow (Character), Blade (Character), Firestar (Character), Frank West (Character), Havok (Character), Human Torch (Character), Iron Fist (Character), Sentry (Character), She-Hulk (Character), T'Challa (Character), Solid Snake (Character), Samus Aran (Character), Atoq Navarro (Character), Daniel Pinkerton (Character), Gabriel Roman (Character), Harry Flynn (Character), Jason Dante (Character), Katherine Marlowe (Character), Lieutenant Draza (Character), Rika Raja (Character), Charlie Cutter (Character), Chloe Frazer (Character), Eddy Raja (Character), Elena Fisher (Character), Marisa Chase (Character), Victor Sullivan (Character), Nariko (Character), Gordon Freeman (Character), Cole MacGrath (Character), Nathan Hale (Character), WALL•E (Character), Baldur (Character), Casey Lynch (Character), Judy Nails (Character), Genghis Khan (Character), Eclipso (Character), Kilowog (Character), Cyborg (Character), Red Tornado (Character), Invisible Woman (Character), Mr. Fantastic (Character), Lone Wanderer (Character), 50 Cent (Character), War Machine (Character), Black Adam (Character), Raven (Character), Shrek (Character), Donkey (Character), Radioactive Man (Character), Songbird (Character), Diamondback (Character), Wonder Man (Character), Captain Boomerang (Character), Question (Character), Zeke Dunbar (Character), Captain Cold (Character), Scorcher (Character), Wildcat (Character), Yellowjacket (Character), Spectre (Character), Joel (Character), Johnny Napalm (Character)

Locations

Objects

• Has objects: Cinder Block (Object)

People

• Has people: Lauren Tom (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Ragdoll Physics (Concept), Physics Manipulation (Concept), Cloth Physics (Concept), Super Bouncing (Concept), Unreal Engine 3 (Concept), Source Engine (Concept), Air Current (Concept), Interactive Environments (Concept), PhysX (Concept), IW Engine (Concept), Halo Engine (Concept)