Unleashed-Generations Havok Collision Attributes
Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Generations have several collision tags that they use to determine the type of terrain, its properties, and what can collide with whatelse. These attributes can be applied to .hkx files with Havok Converter; to learn how to apply these tags to collision meshes, check out Adding Collision Tags with Havok Converter.
Material Type
swa_attribute (1260399450)
| Index | Type | Notes |
| 0 | Unknown | |
| 1 | Normal | This plays Concrete footstep sounds |
| 2 | DeepWater | Requires Convex Hull meshes in Generations |
| 3 | Rock | This also plays Concrete footstep sounds |
| 4 | Dirt | |
| 5 | Wood | |
| 6 | Grass | |
| 7 | Snow | This requires an extra file to be added in Generations, add a file called
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| 8 | Metal | |
| 9 | Sand | Generations will play Concrete sound effects instead |
| 10 | Glass | |
| 11 | ShallowWater | |
| 12 | Dead | Kills the player if touched |
| 13 | Damage | |
| 14 | NoDeadWater | Water that doesn't make you drown,
use Box or Convex Hull meshes in Generations |
| 15 | NoEffect | Will play no footsteps or emit any particles in Unleashed
In Generations this will still play footstep sounds |
| 16 | Oil | Only in Generations |
| 17 | PinballGlass | Only in Generations, used in Casino Night Zone |
| 18 | WrongWay | Only in Generations |
| 19 | Lava | Only in Generations |
| 20 | Poison | Only in Generations |
Collision Properties
| Parameter Name | ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| swa_evil_isbalance_ground | 122999549 | This is used for the Werehog to detect if he should start balancing on a tight strip, and its also used for Classic Sonic to detect where a ledge is. |
| swa_isIce_ground | 246659335 | If enabled, this'll make the ground slippery (like in Holoska in Sonic Unleashed). This requires some extra files to be present to make it work; if these files are missing, the game will crash when the collision is touched by the player. |
| swa_col_other | 620872783 | If enabled, anything that isn't the player or the camera will collide with the object. |
| intersectional_way | 1009866916 | Generations only, used in Casino Night Zone. |
| swa_sonic_isbeltconveyor | 1196263925 | Used for the BeltConveyorCollision object in Generations and the Egg_BeltCollision/Egg_BeltCollisionSV objects in Unleashed, the value of this field is the speed of the conveyor belt.
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| swa_sonic_isplayerwall | 1368296714 | Used to indicate if a surface can be used for wall-jumping. |
| swa_col_specific | 1330259859 | This is set to 1 by default, setting it to 2 or 3 will make the IKs for Sonic adjust to the terrain. |
| swa_col_attacking | 1651585625 | |
| swa_col_camera | 1706239430 | If enabled, the camera will collide with this object. |
| pinball_glass | 2040148113 | Generations only, used in Casino Night Zone. |
| swa_col_player | 2088238466 | If enabled, the player will collide with the object. |
Mesh Name Tags
Rigidbodies can have custom properties that are used by the game to determine their interactions with other objects. These tags are added at the end of mesh names with an @ symbol as the separator (e.g. ghz_sea@water). These properties are Case-Sensitive.
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| @Balance | Unleashed only |
| @DamageFall | |
| @DisableThrowColl | |
| @DisableTemColl | |
| @EnableQtoW / @enableQtoW | Generations only |
| @Spiral / @spiral | Generations only |
| @Slide | Requires a path with an ID of
888 to be present in the stage. |
| @NoStanding | |
| @NoCamera | |
| @IceGround | |
| @Water |