havok?!?! What the hell is it?!?! - Blu-ray Forum

DarkDune · 06-26-2009, 06:15 PM

I see "havok" on SO many PS3 titles! What the hell is it, and is it really cool or something?

pacificvibes · 06-26-2009, 06:17 PM

Havok is a psychics engine for games

DarkDune · 06-26-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by pacificvibes

Havok is a psychics engine for games

If it is in "everything", why advertise?

Simplayer · 06-26-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by pacificvibes

Havok is a psychics engine for games

Psychics engine? Oooooh....I'm not sure I want my games to be telling me my future.

Nerdkiller likes BD · 06-26-2009, 07:07 PM

It is a physics engine. It's usually used for ragdoll effects as well as giving objects, physics in all 3 dimensions. Also, I never really thought that they were an Irish company.

Septimus Prime · 06-26-2009, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDune

If it is in "everything", why advertise?

It isn't in everything. It's just an engine available as middleware, like PhysX.

Ascended_Saiyan · 06-28-2009, 07:57 AM

To be a bit more specific, Havok is a physics engine that runs on the CPU. PhysX is a physics engine, from Nvidia, that runs on the GPU. You will rarely see PhysX being used on the PS3 because of that. The place where there is power to spare, for the PS3, is in the CPU and not the GPU.

GLaDOS · 06-28-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

To be a bit more specific, Havok is a physics engine that runs on the CPU. PhysX is a physics engine, from Nvidia, that runs on the GPU. You will rarely see PhysX being used on the PS3 because of that. The place where there is power to spare, for the PS3, is in the CPU and not the GPU.

Used in such games such as Half-Life 2, Bioshock, Far Cry, etc.

Mikey

Psx0005 · 07-02-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDune

If it is in "everything", why advertise?

By the same token, you see "Powered by the Unreal engine" on a lot of games as well so there you go.

Septimus Prime · 07-02-2009, 06:12 PM

I don't think anyone cares, but there are two versions of Havok:

Havok, which is the complete package with source code, that developers have to pay for. If they use this, they don't have to show the logo.

Havok Complete XS for PLAYSTATION®3, which is a free and usable package that does not allow modification to its source code. If they use this one, that's when they must show the logo.

DarkDune · 07-02-2009, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Septimus Prime

I don't think anyone cares, but there are two versions of Havok:

Havok, which is the complete package with source code, that developers have to pay for. If they use this, they don't have to show the logo.

Havok Complete XS for PLAYSTATION®3, which is a free and usable package that does not allow modification to its source code. If they use this one, that's when they must show the logo.

Cool,

I like this explanation.

WeApOn · 07-02-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDune

If it is in "everything", why advertise?

So it can continue to be in everything. Developers looking for physics engines need to know that Havok is available, and playing a game with a great physics engine might incline someone to use that engine for their developments. So advertising or displaying that Havok is in that game will help grow credibility.

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Ascended_Saiyan Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Atlanta, Georgia Blu-ray collection:608 Trading Score:1	To be a bit more specific, Havok is a physics engine that runs on the CPU. PhysX is a physics engine, from Nvidia, that runs on the GPU. You will rarely see PhysX being used on the PS3 because of that. The place where there is power to spare, for the PS3, is in the CPU and not the GPU.

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Septimus Prime Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray collection:164 Trading Score:2	I don't think anyone cares, but there are two versions of Havok: Havok, which is the complete package with source code, that developers have to pay for. If they use this, they don't have to show the logo. Havok Complete XS for PLAYSTATION®3, which is a free and usable package that does not allow modification to its source code. If they use this one, that's when they must show the logo.

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