Havok Tutorial: Physics API Part 1

So what your going to want to do to get started using Havok in your C++ code is check out the great tutorial here: http://marcoarena.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/nice-to-meet-you-havok/. Its what I used to get started and It really is helpful.

Also, you can check out the Havok Youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/HavokEnthusiast.

Essentially you need to open up a demo project and recreate the settings in your own from scratch project. It isn't difficult if your used to VS2010 and if you aren't then it will pose a challenge.

Here are the includes I use in my project.

// Havok
 // Common
#include <Common/Base/hkBase.h>
#include <Common/Base/Memory/System/Util/hkMemoryInitUtil.h>
#include <Common/Base/Memory/Allocator/Malloc/hkMallocAllocator.h>
#include <Common/Base/Container/String/hkStringBuf.h>

 // Physics
#include <Physics/Dynamics/World/hkpWorld.h>
#include <Physics/Dynamics/Entity/hkpRigidBody.h>
#include <Physics/Utilities/Dynamics/Inertia/hkpInertiaTensorComputer.h>
#include <Physics/Collide/hkpCollide.h>   
#include <Physics/Collide/Dispatch/hkpAgentRegisterUtil.h>

 // Shapes.
#include <Physics/Collide/Shape/Convex/Box/hkpBoxShape.h>  
#include <Physics/Collide/Shape/Convex/Sphere/hkpSphereShape.h>    
#include <Physics/Collide/Shape/Convex/Capsule/hkpCapsuleShape.h>
#include <Physics/Internal/Collide/BvCompressedMesh/hkpBvCompressedMeshShape.h>
#include <Physics/Internal/Collide/StaticCompound/hkpStaticCompoundShape.h>

 // CInfo.
#include <Physics/Internal/Collide/BvCompressedMesh/hkpBvCompressedMeshShapeCinfo.h>

 // Filter.
#include <Physics/Collide/Filter/Group/hkpGroupFilter.h>

 // Raycasting.
#include <Physics/Collide/Query/CastUtil/hkpWorldRayCastInput.h>         
#include <Physics/Collide/Query/CastUtil/hkpWorldRayCastOutput.h>    
#include <Physics/Collide/Query/Collector/RayCollector/hkpAllRayHitCollector.h>

 // Multithreading.
#include <Common/Base/Thread/Job/ThreadPool/Cpu/hkCpuJobThreadPool.h>
#include <Common/Base/Thread/JobQueue/hkJobQueue.h>
 
 // Character rigid Body.
#include <Physics/Utilities/CharacterControl/CharacterRigidBody/hkpCharacterRigidBody.h> 
#include <Physics/Utilities/CharacterControl/CharacterRigidBody/hkpCharacterRigidBodyListener.h>

 // Character State machine.
#include <Physics/Utilities/CharacterControl/StateMachine/hkpDefaultCharacterStates.h>

 // Reducing collision tolerances between characters and fixed entities.
#include <Physics/Collide/Agent/hkpCollisionQualityInfo.h>
#include <Physics/Collide/Dispatch/hkpCollisionDispatcher.h>
#include <Physics/Collide/Agent3/Machine/Nn/hkpAgentNnTrack.h>
#include <Physics/Dynamics/Collide/hkpSimpleConstraintContactMgr.h>

 // Scene Data.
#include <Common/SceneData/Scene/hkxScene.h>

 // Serialization.
#include <Common/Base/System/Io/IStream/hkIStream.h>
#include <Common/Base/Reflection/hkClass.h>
#include <Common/Base/Reflection/Registry/hkTypeInfoRegistry.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Util/hkStructureLayout.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Util/hkRootLevelContainer.h>
#include <Common/Serialize/Util/hkSerializeUtil.h>
#include <Physics/Utilities/Serialize/hkpPhysicsData.h>

 // Visual Debugger includes
#include <Common/Visualize/hkVisualDebugger.h>
#include <Physics/Utilities/VisualDebugger/hkpPhysicsContext.h>

 // Platform specific initialization
#include <Common/Base/System/Init/PlatformInit.cxx>