Yesterday Havok announced that the famous physics engine is finally free(with some limitations obviously). The No-Charge Havok PC download is a binary-only bundle that includes all of the standard features and functionality of both the Havok™ Physics and Havok™ Animation products. The download includes Havok SDK libraries, samples, and technical documentation for software developers; as well as Havok's Content Tools for preparation and export of physical assets and characters directly from recent versions of popular 3D modeling and animation tools.
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Havok Physics Engine
Intel is responsible for this. They also bought Project Offset (a very impressive game engine) which will be used to promote Havok's capabilities.
Intel is actually in a lot of trouble because Nvidia and ATI/AMD are planning on making physics GPU-based rather than CPU-based. They will most likely succeed because almost all of today's top PC games are console-oriented, which means they are GPU-centric. Not only that, but they are limited by how much processing the console can do. So how is Intel going to convince game publishers to make separate versions with different capabilities and different code? It's not going to happen unless PC gaming in general becomes more popular.
Or maybe people realize just how bad consoles really are for gaming.
Intel is responsible for this. They also bought Project Offset (a very impressive game engine) which will be used to promote Havok's capabilities.
Intel is actually in a lot of trouble because Nvidia and ATI/AMD are planning on making physics GPU-based rather than CPU-based. They will most likely succeed because almost all of today's top PC games are console-oriented, which means they are GPU-centric. Not only that, but they are limited by how much processing the console can do. So how is Intel going to convince game publishers to make separate versions with different capabilities and different code? It's not going to happen unless PC gaming in general becomes more popular.
Or maybe people realize just how bad consoles really are for gaming.
The problem is what will happen to Project Offset? Its was not only a game but a fantasy game too.
Intel Game Studios? Anyone?
You're right, I know nothing worse than inserting a disc in a piece of hardware, sit back and enjoy a good game. Meddling with drivers and patches is so much better...
Seriously, there's a reason why I bought a PSX ten years ago and that reason is still valid. It's a pain to play on a PC when you want to do just that: play.
You're right, I know nothing worse than inserting a disc in a piece of hardware, sit back and enjoy a good game. Meddling with drivers and patches is so much better...
Seriously, there's a reason why I bought a PSX ten years ago and that reason is still valid. It's a pain to play on a PC when you want to do just that: play.
well that probably wouldn't be the case if game houses wrote for the pc first then ported to psx xbox ps2 wii frankly im quite sick to death of my pc games lookin like some tired arse rehash of a console game heck they may evan work as intended without all the patches and driver updates and tomfoolery needed to get them to work on todays modern PC
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