An exploration of Project Anarchy with Android build

Introduction

This is a simple walk through of a demo project included in Project Anarchy setup which we can use and modify to our liking.Project Anarchy is a game engine which is free for Android game Development(also available for Tizen).Modify,implement get your own game logic going with Havok Physics engine.

Background

Project Anarchy is a game engine meant for mobile development integrated within is Havok's heart (the main tools),its very easy to create AAA animated game and this game engine is from Intel.

Modifying the Game Demo

Project Anarchy comprises of

i)Havok Vision Engine

ii)Havok Physics

iii)Havok Animation Studio

Programming skill-set required for developing games with Project Anarchy

i)LUA:- Most importantly you need knowledge of LUA Scripting because character logics action moves etc  everything is done using LUA Scripting

ii)C++ :-The compilation part to form the final APK plus some debugging is done using C++ so knowledge of C++ is required

A look at the executables you get after downloading

Prerequisites for Installation of Project Anarchy

Android ADT bundle needs to be there (32bit) with package to be installed is 2.3.3 that is the requirement for Project Anarchy

Android NDK r9(32bit) needs to be installed on your computer.

Download VC++ 2010 express edition

Download Direct X 2010 SDK

You may find some issues while installing probably s1023 error so in command prompt with administrative privileges you need to put this command

MsiExec.exe /passive /X{F0C3E5D1-1ADE-321E-8167-68EF0DE699A5}

MsiExec.exe /passive /X{1D8E6291-B0D5-35EC-8441-6616F567A0F7}

After that you will be good to go

Download and install  JDK 7(x86)

Step by step instruction can be found here

https://www.projectanarchy.com/setting-your-computer-android-development

Let's  start by recognizing your Android phone

My phone :Lenovo K900

I went to command prompt mode and getting into the android ADT installed link I typed in this command to check if the device was available or not

It was not showing anything and then I installed Lenovo K900 drivers and then checked again and so it was there.

Started installing the phone drivers(its important to do it otherwise your device will not get recognized)

Another screenshot showing the installation of drivers

It was not showing anything and then I installed Lenovo K900 drivers and then checked again and so it was there

It's time to experiment

I will be targeting the RPG Demo  its available as a free version and the demo has got  some cool GUI and great 3D graphics.

VForge :-

VForge is the place in Project Anarchy where everything is setup for development. It  is the interface where you start from Scratch or modify a project. Lot of toolsets are available for developing the games

I start by getting into the RPG project  and start making changes to the project.

The Scene is located at this location

C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Data\Vision\Samples\Engine\RPG

open the Project in  VForge prior to this lets do some modifications to the main player LUA file lets increase the health of the player

-- Script for the player character

function GetEntityClassType(self)<br />
  return "RPG_PlayerCharacter";<br />
end

function OnInitProperties(self)  <br />
  -- Entity Properties<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_collisionRadius", 40);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_collisionHeight", 160);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_sensorSize", 256);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_desiredSpeed", 350);

  self:SetProperty("m_equipmentAttachmentBoneNames[ES_Weapon]", "right_attachment_jnt");<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_equipmentAttachmentBoneNames[ES_Shoulder]", "left_shouderPad_jnt");<br />
  <br />
  self:SetProperty("m_defaultEquipmentScripts[ES_Weapon]", "Scripts/Pickups/RPG_Barbarian_Axe.lua");<br />
  --self:SetProperty("m_defaultEquipmentScripts[ES_Shoulder]", "Scripts/Pickups/RPG_Barbarian_Shoulder.lua");

  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_spawnAnimationDelay", 1.4);

  -- base character stats<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_strength", 16);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_dexterity", 12);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_spirit", 10);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_vitality", 12);

  -- health<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_baseHealth", 200);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_healthRegenerationEnabled", true);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_healthRegenerationRate", 0.8);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_unlimitedHealth", false);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_displayHealth", true);

  -- mana<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_baseMana", 30);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_manaRegenerationEnabled", true);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_manaRegenerationRate", 0.8);

  -- attacks<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_baseDamage", 60);

  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_aoeAttackDamageMultiplier", 3);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_aoeAttackRange", 250);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_aoeAttackManaCost", 14);<br />
  <br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_powerAttackDamageMultiplier", 2);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_powerAttackRange", 750);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_powerAttackAngle", 10);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_powerAttackManaCost", 8);<br />
  <br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_rangedAttackImpactSpeedMultiplier", 1);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_aoeAttackImpactSpeedMultiplier", 1.5);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_powerAttackImpactSpeedMultiplier", 2);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_actionData.m_meleeAttackImpactSpeedMultiplier", 1);

  -- debugging<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_debugDisplayStats", false);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_debugDisplayMovementInfo", false);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_debugDisplayInventory", false);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_debugDisplayBehaviorEvents", false);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_debugDisplayNavmeshStatus", false);<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_debugDisplayEffectInformation", false);

end

Its base Health is 200 lets increase the Health of the player so that it  dies less often

-- health<br />
  self:SetProperty("m_stats.m_baseHealth", 1200);

Lets Scale the Characters 

There are lot of options in the VForge menu to work upon like you can drag and drop a character scale it rotate it

and there on

First of lets drag the RPG_Garden_Caster to the scene and scale it

We drag and scale other enemies

rotate and scale again

Checking the Scene after modification and running it

Saving the Scene so that we can compile it for the final package

It will export the scene as you compile it in Vforge

Open the  Android build for the project in VC++

The path where it is there

C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Workspace\Android_x86_VS2010_anarchy__C++

The place where you add or modify the scene

#define LOGOHAVOK_FILENAME "GUI/Textures/Logo_Havok_128x64.tga"<br />
#define LOGOWMD_FILENAME "GUI/Textures/Logo_WMD_128x256.tga"<br />
#define INTROSCREEN_FILENAME "GUI/Textures/Anarchy_Intro_512x512.tga"<br />
#define GAMEOVERSCREEN_FILENAME "GUI/Textures/Anarchy_GameOver_512x512.tga"<br />
#define LOADINGSCREEN_FILENAME "GUI/Textures/Anarchy_Splash_512x512.tga"<br />
#define SCENE_FILENAME "Scenes/Arena/Arena1.vscene"

You need to modify the SCENE_FILENAME options  to the scene you created and then set RPG as the Startup project

Lets start compiling the project I selected the Release build

The Important files getting compiled in the build process

1>------ Build started: Project: VisionEnginePlugin, Configuration: Release hkAndroid ------<br />
2>------ Build started: Project: HavokPhysicsEnginePlugin, Configuration: Release hkAndroid ------<br />
3>------ Build started: Project: HavokBehaviorEnginePlugin, Configuration: Release hkAndroid ------<br />
4>------ Build started: Project: FmodEnginePlugin, Configuration: Release hkAndroid ------<br />
1>C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Build\MSBuild\Platforms\hkAndroid\Microsoft.Cpp.hkAndroid.Targets(328,5): warning : The x86 toolchain doesn't seem to play nice with the STL, or C++ features. Use at your own risk.<br />
2>C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Build\MSBuild\Platforms\hkAndroid\Microsoft.Cpp.hkAndroid.Targets(328,5): warning : The x86 toolchain doesn't seem to play nice with the STL, or C++ features. Use at your own risk.<br />
4>C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Build\MSBuild\Platforms\hkAndroid\Microsoft.Cpp.hkAndroid.Targets(328,5): warning : The x86 toolchain doesn't seem to play nice with the STL, or C++ features. Use at your own risk.<br />
3>C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Build\MSBuild\Platforms\hkAndroid\Microsoft.Cpp.hkAndroid.Targets(328,5): warning : The x86 toolchain doesn't seem to play nice with the STL, or C++ features. Use at your own risk.<br />
4>  Performing Custom Build Tools<br />
1>  Performing Custom Build Tools<br />
2>  Performing Custom Build Tools<br />
3>  Performing Custom Build Tools<br />
3>  Language subdirectory: lua<br />
3>  Search paths:<br />
3>     .\<br />
3>     ..\..\..\..\..\<br />
4>  Language subdirectory: lua<br />
4>  Search paths:<br />
4>     .\<br />
4>     ..\..\..\..\..\<br />
4>     .\swig_lib\lua\<br />
4>     C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\ThirdParty\redistsdks\swig\2.0.3\Lib\lua\<br />
4>     \lua\<br />
4>     .\swig_lib\<br />
4>     C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\ThirdParty\redistsdks\swig\2.0.3\Lib\<br />
4>     \<br />
4>  Preprocessing...<br />
4>  Starting language-specific parse...<br />
3>     .\swig_lib\lua\<br />
3>     C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\ThirdParty\redistsdks\swig\2.0.3\Lib\lua\<br />
3>     \lua\<br />
3>     .\swig_lib\<br />
3>     C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\ThirdParty\redistsdks\swig\2.0.3\Lib\<br />
3>     \<br />
3>  Preprocessing...<br />
3>  Starting language-specific parse...<br />
2>  Language subdirectory: lua<br />
2>  Search paths:<br />
2>     .\<br />
2>     ..\..\..\..\..\<br />
2>     .\swig_lib\lua\<br />
2>     C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\ThirdParty\redistsdks\swig\2.0.3\Lib\lua\<br />
2>     \lua\<br />
2>     .\swig_lib\<br />
2>     C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\ThirdParty\redistsdks\swig\2.0.3\Lib\<br />
2>     \<br />
2>  Preprocessing...<br />
2>  Starting language-specific parse...<br />
4>  Processing types...<br />
4>  C++ analysis...<br />
4>  Generating wrappers...<br />
2>  Processing types...<br />
2>  C++ analysis...<br />
2>  Generating wrappers...<br />
3>  Processing types...<br />
3>  C++ analysis...<br />
3>  Generating wrappers...<br />
1>  Language subdirectory: lua<br />
1>  Search paths:<br />
1>     .\<br />
1>     ..\..\..\..\<br />
1>     .\swig_lib\lua\<br />
1>     C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\ThirdParty\redistsdks\swig\2.0.3\Lib\lua\<br />
1>     \lua\<br />
1>     .\swig_lib\<br />
1>     C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\ThirdParty\redistsdks\swig\2.0.3\Lib\<br />
1>     \<br />
1>  Preprocessing...<br />
1>  Starting language-specific parse...<br />
1>  Processing types...<br />
1>  C++ analysis...<br />
1>  Generating wrappers...<br />
4>  Section 1: OK<br />
4>  Parsing finished.<br />
4>  Rewriting cpp...<br />
4>  Writing Lua/FmodLuaModule_wrapper.cpp<br />
2>  Section 1: OK<br />
4>  Success<br />
2>  Parsing finished.<br />
2>  Rewriting cpp...<br />
2>  Writing Lua/PhysicsLuaModule_wrapper.cpp<br />
2>  Success<br />
3>  Section 1: OK<br />
3>  Parsing finished.<br />
3>  Rewriting cpp...<br />
3>  Writing Lua/BehaviorLuaModule_wrapper.cpp<br />
3>  Success<br />
4>  VFmodEvent.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokBallAndSocketConstraintChain.cpp<br />
3>  vHavokBehaviorResource.cpp<br />
1>  Section 1: OK<br />
1>  Section 2: OK<br />
1>  Section 6: OK<br />
1>  Section 8: OK<br />
1>  Section 9: OK<br />
1>  Parsing finished.<br />
1>  Input file is valid, rewriting cpp and generating hpp...<br />
1>  No need to update Scripting/Lua\VisionLuaModule_wrapper.hpp<br />
1>  Writing Scripting/Lua/VisionLuaModule_wrapper.cpp<br />
1>  Success<br />
1>  VisionEnginePluginPCH.h<br />
1>  SkyLayer.cpp<br />
1>  DecorationDensityChannel.cpp<br />
4>  VFmodReverb.cpp<br />
1>  Projector.cpp<br />
4>  FmodLuaModule_wrapper.cpp<br />
1>  VTransitionStateMachine.cpp<br />
1>  VFollowPathComponent.cpp<br />
1>  IVMenuSystemResource.cpp<br />
1>  VisionEnginePlugin.cpp<br />
1>  SimpleCopyPostprocess.cpp<br />
4>  VFmodEventGroup.cpp<br />
1>  VLensFlareManager.cpp<br />
1>  PathCameraEntity.cpp<br />
1>  VisionEnginePluginPCH.cpp<br />
1>  VCoronaManager.cpp<br />
1>  ParticleGroupBase.cpp<br />
3>  vHavokBehaviorModule.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokConstraintChain.cpp<br />
4>  VFmodAnimationEventSoundTrigger.cpp<br />
1>  VMapLookupControl.cpp<br />
4>  VFmodCollisionMeshInstance.cpp<br />
1>  VisionLuaModule_wrapper.cpp<br />
4>  FmodEnginePlugin.cpp<br />
4>  VFmodSoundObject.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokConversionUtils.cpp<br />
4>  VFmodSoundResource.cpp<br />
3>  HavokBehaviorEnginePlugin.cpp<br />
4>  VFmodManager.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokRagdollConstraint.cpp<br />
3>  vHavokBehaviorComponent.cpp<br />
4>  FmodEnginePlugin_android_x86_vs2010_anarchy.vcxproj -> C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Source\Vision\Runtime\EnginePlugins\ThirdParty\FmodEnginePlugin\..\..\..\..\..\..\Lib\android_x86_vs2010_anarchy\release\libvFmodEnginePlugin.a<br />
2>  vHavokConstraintChainRenderingData.cpp<br />
5>------ Build started: Project: VisionApp, Configuration: Release hkAndroid ------<br />
5>C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Build\MSBuild\Platforms\hkAndroid\Microsoft.Cpp.hkAndroid.Targets(328,5): warning : The x86 toolchain doesn't seem to play nice with the STL, or C++ features. Use at your own risk.<br />
5>  VAppBase.cpp<br />
3>  HavokBehaviorPlugin.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokShapeFactory.cpp<br />
5>  VAppImpl.cpp<br />
5>  VCameraHandling.cpp<br />
3>  vHavokBehaviorResourceManager.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokStaticMesh.cpp<br />
5>  VAppAndroid.cpp<br />
5>  VHelp.cpp<br />
3>  BehaviorLuaModule_wrapper.cpp<br />
5>  VAppHelper.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokCableConstraintChainRenderer.cpp<br />
5>  VDefaultMenu.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokRagdoll.cpp<br />
5>  VLogoOverlay.cpp<br />
5>  VDebugProfiling.cpp<br />
5>  VScreenShotHelper.cpp<br />
2>  vCharacterStateClimbing.cpp<br />
5>  VRestoreScreen.cpp<br />
3>  HavokBehaviorEnginePlugin_android_x86_vs2010_anarchy.vcxproj -> C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Source\Vision\Runtime\EnginePlugins\Havok\HavokBehaviorEnginePlugin\..\..\..\..\..\..\Lib\android_x86_vs2010_anarchy\release\libvHavokBehavior.a<br />
5>  VAppModule.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokVisionShapes.cpp<br />
5>  VCheckOutputFolder.cpp<br />
5>  VDebugOptions.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokPhysicsModule.cpp<br />
5>  VLoadingScreen.cpp<br />
5>  VExitHandler.cpp<br />
5>  VAppMobile.cpp<br />
5>  VDebugShadingModes.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokPrismaticConstraint.cpp<br />
5>  VDataDirectoryHelper.cpp<br />
5>  VisionApp_android_x86_vs2010_anarchy.vcxproj -> C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Source\Vision\Runtime\Framework\VisionApp\..\..\..\..\..\Lib\android_x86_vs2010_anarchy\release\libVisionApp.a<br />
2>  vHavokVisualDebugger.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokGenericConstraint.cpp<br />
1>  VCoronaComponent.cpp<br />
1>  VCablePathRenderer.cpp<br />
1>  VFreeCamera.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokPointToPlaneConstraint.cpp<br />
1>  VCursor.cpp<br />
1>  _AnimEntity.cpp<br />
1>  VLuaHelpers.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokDebugConstraintChainRenderer.cpp<br />
1>  CommonTerrainFilters.cpp<br />
1>  IVShadowMapComponent.cpp<br />
1>  VPostProcessScreenMasks.cpp<br />
1>  VPathRendererBase.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokStiffSpringConstraint.cpp<br />
1>  VGraphObject.cpp<br />
1>  CameraPositionEntity.cpp<br />
1>  VDebugPathRenderer.cpp<br />
1>  VMobileForwardRenderLoop.cpp<br />
1>  VSimpleShaderProvider.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokConstraintChainRenderer.cpp<br />
1>  StochasticalParam.cpp<br />
1>  TimeOfDay.cpp<br />
1>  VPathRenderingData.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokPointToPathConstraint.cpp<br />
1>  VCustomVolumeManager.cpp<br />
1>  VMobileForwardRenderer.cpp<br />
1>  BillboardGroup.cpp<br />
1>  Sky.cpp<br />
2>  VThrowItemComponent.cpp<br />
1>  ParticleGroupManager.cpp<br />
1>  VRendererNodeCommon.cpp<br />
1>  VArchive_wrapper.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokFileStreamAccess.cpp<br />
1>  VDialogFrame.cpp<br />
1>  VTooltip.cpp<br />
1>  IVRenderableItem.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokCharacterController.cpp<br />
1>  VTransitionBase.cpp<br />
1>  VScriptComponent.cpp<br />
1>  VSkeletalBoneProxy.cpp<br />
1>  VItemContainer.cpp<br />
1>  VShadowMapGenSpotDir.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokHingeConstraint.cpp<br />
1>  CubeMapHandle.cpp<br />
1>  VSceneLoader.cpp<br />
1>  VShadowMapGenerator.cpp<br />
2>  vCharacterStateFlying.cpp<br />
1>  Mirror.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokDisplayHandler.cpp<br />
1>  RenderingOptimizationHelpers.cpp<br />
1>  ParticleDescriptor.cpp<br />
1>  VDialog.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokChainConstraintChainRenderer.cpp<br />
1>  SectorVisibilityZone.cpp<br />
1>  VRSDLuaImplementation.cpp<br />
1>  VTextControl.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokSerialize.cpp<br />
1>  VRSDClient.cpp<br />
1>  VWallmarkManager.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokPulleyConstraint.cpp<br />
1>  VModelPreviewControl.cpp<br />
1>  VLensFlareComponent.cpp<br />
1>  VEntityLODComponent.cpp<br />
2>  vCharacterStateInAir.cpp<br />
1>  VTimeOfDayComponent.cpp<br />
1>  VOrbitCamera.cpp<br />
1>  VLightClippingVolumeComponent.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokConstraintListener.cpp<br />
1>  TriggerDoorEntity.cpp<br />
1>  _DanglingEntity.cpp<br />
1>  _ClothEntity.cpp<br />
1>  ClothMesh.cpp<br />
1>  VDialogResource.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokSync.cpp<br />
1>  IVTransitionEventTrigger.cpp<br />
1>  VFakeSpecularGenerator.cpp<br />
1>  VPlayableCharacterComponent.cpp<br />
1>  VPrefab.cpp<br />
1>  VScriptInstance.cpp<br />
2>  vCharacterStateJumping.cpp<br />
1>  VResourcePreview.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokContactListener.cpp<br />
1>  VPostProcessTranslucencies.cpp<br />
1>  ScratchTexturePool.cpp<br />
1>  VZoomDetector.cpp<br />
1>  VGUICommandBuffer.cpp<br />
1>  VListControls.cpp<br />
1>  Glow.cpp<br />
2>  VLineFollowerComponent.cpp<br />
1>  VStringInputMap.cpp<br />
1>  VTimedValueComponent.cpp<br />
1>  VVirtualThumbStick.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokCpuJobThreadPool.cpp<br />
1>  VGUIContext.cpp<br />
1>  BlobShadowManager.cpp<br />
1>  MirrorRenderLoop.cpp<br />
1>  Curve.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokBallAndSocketConstraint.cpp<br />
1>  ToneMapping.cpp<br />
1>  ParticleConstraint.cpp<br />
2>  HavokPhysicsEnginePluginTrackerClasses.cpp<br />
1>  ClothDeformer.cpp<br />
1>  VTransitionManager.cpp<br />
1>  IVPathRenderingData.cpp<br />
1>  VScriptManager.cpp<br />
2>  vHavokBlockerVolumeComponent.cpp

It will take time to build the Project and will show that build is successfull

Lets deploy the Project to Android Phone

You need to copy the APK to the phone.My Build was available at

C:\Havok\AnarchySDK\Bin\android_x86_vs2010_anarchy\Release

So first of all I connected my K900 phone to PC
 

You need to turn on USB data storage

copy the APK file into the phone and disconnect it from PC

Browse the file in the phone

Start installing it

The game app will get installed

Lets run the Project in phone 

After all your efforts you were able to modify the demo of the Game and adjust accordingly.You were able to create a AAA game with good graphics.What can you do more?Tweak around the demo and you will learn lot of things

Resources

https://software.intel.com/en-us/tags/42357

http://www.projectanarchy.com/about

http://forum.projectanarchy.com/forum.php?langid=1

Points of Interest

This has been a good Learning experience as I had to dig in little into Project Anarchy and one good thing about Project Anarchy is that you can import your designs,Characters from 3D MAX,Maya so you can get cool AAA animation for Android.The game engine is free and it is from Intel.

History

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