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In Halo 3 on the level: The Covenant, get to the part in the level where you destroy 2 Scarabs, destroy them and then, instead of following the Arbiter into the Arc's control room, take a vehicle for example a ghost or warthog (if any have survived) over the artificial cliff behind the control room. This can be a little difficult due to a ridge at the bottom of the upward slope, however, you can get over the ridge by using one of the sloping rampes attached to the side of the control room.
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"'''Floating vehicles/player glitch'''" actually refers to two wholly separate [[glitches]] present in ''[[Halo 3]]'': '''The Covenant Invisible Floor''' through Campaign mode, and '''Temporarily-Floating Objects''' which is replicable through [[Forge]] mode.


== The Covenant Invisible Floor ==
On [[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]], fight your way to the [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Scarab Tank]] battle and destroy both Scarabs. After that, instead of following the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]] into the [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]], take a vehicle (a [[Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle|Ghost]] or a [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]] will do) over the artificial cliff behind the Citadel. This can be a little difficult, due to a ridge at the bottom of the upward slope; however, you can get over the ridge by using one of the sloping ramps attached to the side of the Citadel.


If you do manage to do this, instead of falling to your death, the vehicle will remain suspended in mid air. Additionaly if you did this with a vehicle with no passengers, you can get out of the vehicle and you will remain floating in the air while the vehicle falls.
As you go over the cliff, you'll find that instead of falling to your death, you and your vehicle remain suspended in mid-air. Additionally, if you did this with a vehicle with no passengers, you can get out of the vehicle, and you will remain floating in the air while the vehicle falls; you'll find yourself in a falling pose, only able to move quite slowly. In addition, in [[campaign#Cooperative|co-op]], you can get a companion to shoot the vehicle you're in, causing it to spin around.


This will also work with the two flying vehicles ([[AV-14 Hornet|Hornet]] and [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]); just let them settle on the invisible floor over the artificial cliff and get out.


This will also work with the two flying vehicles (Hornet and Banshee), just let them settle on the invisible floor over the artificial cliff and get out.
To get out of this status, either kill yourself by throwing a grenade against a wall or return to a previous checkpoint.


===Explanation===
The explanation is actually very simple: your character is simply positioned atop an [[Invisible Walls|invisible surface]]. The collision detection engine realizes this (which is why the surface stops you from falling), but other parts of the game don't (which is why you remain in a falling pose, and can only move very slowly).


To get out of this status, either kill yourself using a grenade against a wall (you are able to move slowly in any direction except up and down) or reset to a previous check point.
==Temporarily-Floating Objects==
The '''Temporarily-Floating Objects''' glitch is a phenomenon that causes undisturbed objects, like [[Fusion coil|Fusion Coils]], [[List of UNSC crates|Crates]], or even the [[John-117|Master Chief]] himself, to remain in the air after the surfaces underneath them have been removed. It is most commonly used in [[Forge]], as a means of making immovable [[Forge objects]] float.


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===Forge Method (Any Object)===
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===Forge Method (Player)===
Start a Forge session with at least two players, who shall be referred to as ''Person A'' and ''Person B''.


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''Person A'' needs to stay in Player Mode, while ''Person B'' enters Edit Mode. ''Person B'' should place some solid object onto the ground—one that ''Person A'' can jump on top of. ''Person A'' should then jump on top of the object, and remain completely stationary from this point on.
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''Person B'' should, from here, delete the object that ''Person A'' was standing on. ''Person A'' will not fall; instead, they will remain floating in the air until they are disturbed—that is, until they are damaged, destroyed, shot, touched, or move of their own accord.
 
This also occasionally works by "Person A" standing on "Person B" (who should be in Player Mode), then shooting and killing "Person B".
 
===Explanation===
The glitch is the result of an optimization trick in the [[Halo 3 Engine]]. Like several physics engines, ''Halo 3'''s engine saves time on physics calculations by ignoring inactive objects. Specifically, if an object stops moving for a few seconds, the physics engine will stop paying attention to it. So long as that object is not disturbed -- that is, so long as it is not shot, touched, damaged, or destroyed, and so long as it does not move of its own accord -- it will not move. As briefly mentioned before, the glitch affects all movable objects, including Forge Objects, players, and even enemies -- when [[Time travel glitch|"time traveling"]] forward in ''Halo 3''<nowiki/>'s [[Campaign]] level The Covenant, players may spot [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] that are floating in the air because they spawned in the air, and were not disturbed and did not move since their spawning.
 
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Latest revision as of 15:59, April 13, 2022

"Floating vehicles/player glitch" actually refers to two wholly separate glitches present in Halo 3: The Covenant Invisible Floor through Campaign mode, and Temporarily-Floating Objects which is replicable through Forge mode.

The Covenant Invisible Floor[edit]

On The Covenant, fight your way to the Scarab Tank battle and destroy both Scarabs. After that, instead of following the Arbiter into the Citadel, take a vehicle (a Ghost or a Warthog will do) over the artificial cliff behind the Citadel. This can be a little difficult, due to a ridge at the bottom of the upward slope; however, you can get over the ridge by using one of the sloping ramps attached to the side of the Citadel.

As you go over the cliff, you'll find that instead of falling to your death, you and your vehicle remain suspended in mid-air. Additionally, if you did this with a vehicle with no passengers, you can get out of the vehicle, and you will remain floating in the air while the vehicle falls; you'll find yourself in a falling pose, only able to move quite slowly. In addition, in co-op, you can get a companion to shoot the vehicle you're in, causing it to spin around.

This will also work with the two flying vehicles (Hornet and Banshee); just let them settle on the invisible floor over the artificial cliff and get out.

To get out of this status, either kill yourself by throwing a grenade against a wall or return to a previous checkpoint.

Explanation[edit]

The explanation is actually very simple: your character is simply positioned atop an invisible surface. The collision detection engine realizes this (which is why the surface stops you from falling), but other parts of the game don't (which is why you remain in a falling pose, and can only move very slowly).

Temporarily-Floating Objects[edit]

The Temporarily-Floating Objects glitch is a phenomenon that causes undisturbed objects, like Fusion Coils, Crates, or even the Master Chief himself, to remain in the air after the surfaces underneath them have been removed. It is most commonly used in Forge, as a means of making immovable Forge objects float.

Forge Method (Any Object)[edit]

Main article: Forge/Tricks § Floating Objects

Forge Method (Player)[edit]

Start a Forge session with at least two players, who shall be referred to as Person A and Person B.

Person A needs to stay in Player Mode, while Person B enters Edit Mode. Person B should place some solid object onto the ground—one that Person A can jump on top of. Person A should then jump on top of the object, and remain completely stationary from this point on.

Person B should, from here, delete the object that Person A was standing on. Person A will not fall; instead, they will remain floating in the air until they are disturbed—that is, until they are damaged, destroyed, shot, touched, or move of their own accord.

This also occasionally works by "Person A" standing on "Person B" (who should be in Player Mode), then shooting and killing "Person B".

Explanation[edit]

The glitch is the result of an optimization trick in the Halo 3 Engine. Like several physics engines, Halo 3's engine saves time on physics calculations by ignoring inactive objects. Specifically, if an object stops moving for a few seconds, the physics engine will stop paying attention to it. So long as that object is not disturbed -- that is, so long as it is not shot, touched, damaged, or destroyed, and so long as it does not move of its own accord -- it will not move. As briefly mentioned before, the glitch affects all movable objects, including Forge Objects, players, and even enemies -- when "time traveling" forward in Halo 3's Campaign level The Covenant, players may spot Brutes that are floating in the air because they spawned in the air, and were not disturbed and did not move since their spawning.

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50 Degree Banshee Fire • Air swimming • Assault on the Control Room shortcut • Banshee launch • Bullet hole glitch • Character stretch glitch • Clipping • Death by cryo tube • Easy Pyramid Structure • Fall damage reduction • Floating assault rifles • Floating plasma grenade • Frozen Elite • Grenade animation glitch • Grenade slide • Headless Master Chief • Immobile Banshee • Invincible Marines • Invisible Warthog ammo • Leak • No weapon glitch • Pelican death glitch • Perpendicular Banshee fire • Phantom Flood whip • Riding a Pelican • Shafted cinematic glitch • Shielded dead Elite • Speedy reload • Spelunking • Spinning gun • Stay in the Pelican • Stopping time • Suspended dropships • The Pillar of Autumn vacation • Treadmill trick • Three weapons glitch • Unarmed Marines • Unlimited enemies • Unresponsive enemies • Wall hacking • White weapons
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Arbitrary unit possession • Aqua Chief • Banshee launch • Blue Jackal • Body separation glitch • Bouncing items glitch • Brute Buddies • Sword Climbing • Sword hijacking • Button combo • Cairo Station vacation • Character stretch glitch • Charging Needler glitch • Clipping • Creepy Cortana glitch • Driverless Banshee • Drop Dead on The Great Journey • Dual Melee • Enemies in space glitch • Faking Brutes • Fall damage reduction • Fighting Tartarus without fighting Brutes • Flipping a Phantom • Flying Arbiter • Floating objects • Floating in Relic • Flyboy • Flying Half-Jaw • Freezing Jackal • Get Into Sea On Regret • Get a Ghost stuck on the Scarab • Ghosts of Halo • Giant player model •Gravity throne hologram • Grenade lunge • Heretic leader glitch • Hidden subtitle in Halo 2 • Hidden weapons on Regret • Reaching the High Charity conduit • Hitchhiking Flood • Honor Guard Councilor • Hovering Arbiter glitch • Kill Sergeant Johnson glitch • Infected Brute glitch • Infinite Shotgun • Invincibility glitch • Invincible Grunt • Invincible Marines • Invisible bridge glitch • Invisible grenade throw • Invisible Sentinel beam • Invisible turret • Jackals' unlimited Plasma Pistols • Johnson disappearing on the Cairo • Knock the Prophet of Regret out of his throne • Light Eye • MAC gun glitch • Meet Johnson early • Needler Sentinel • No weapon glitch • Oracle elevator glitch • Oracle Super Jump • Orbital Insertion Pod glitch • Overload glitch (Halo 2) • Overloaded Backwash • Permanent invisibility • Phantom glitch on The Arbiter • Phantom riding glitch • Plasma Pistol glitch • Plasma Rifle overheat glitch • Quarantine Zone floor glitch • Quarantine Zone vacation • Riding a Pelican • Ring of Rockets • Rtas 'Vadum's eyes glitch • Save Marines on Sacred Icon • Silhouette Sword • Sliding Flood • Slow-motion grenade • Solid Patch of Air • Spectre jumping • Speedy reload • Suicidal Jackal • Super bouncing • Suspended Pelican • SWAT Suicide • Swinging Arbiter glitch • Sword flying • Tank jumping • Telefragging • Teleporting Half-Jaw • Triple wielding • Turf vacation • Unarmed Marines • Unlimited enemies • Unlimited Energy Sword • Unresponsive enemies • Uprising vacation • Wall Climbing with Vehicles • Wall hacking • Weaponless Elite (dual wielding) • Weaponless Elite glitch
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Halo 3 glitches
"Friendly" Brutes • 3 Player Local Co op • Aqua Chief • Arbiter eye glitch • Artificial lag glitch • Arm glitch • Avalanche vacation • Banshee hovering glitch • Banshee launch • Battle Rifle ammo glitch • Blanks in SMG • Butterflying • CTF weapons glitch • Character stretch glitch • Clipping • Corpse Respawn • Crow's Nest entrance • Dancing Elite glitch • Destroyed vehicles glitch • Disappearing grenade glitch • Disappearing Truth • Drive an AA Wraith • Drop pod glitch • Elephant flipping • Elite helmet glitch • Equipment jumping • Flipping a Phantom • Floating vehicles/player glitch • Floodgate vacation • Flying dumpster glitch • Flying Elephant • Flying turret glitch • Forge turret glitch • Forward Unto Dawn glitch • Frozen Elite • Fused armor glitch • Ghost Forging • Ghosts of Halo • Hall of Mirrors •Invincibility glitch • High Ground vacation • Hold an Energy Sword like an SMG glitch • Infected Brute Chieftain • Infinite Marines glitch • Infinite weapons on Crow's Nest • Invincible Marines • Ledge Jump • Life After Death • Load glitch • Mongoose glitch • Monitor glitch • Narrows man cannon glitch • No weapon glitch • Nuclear bomb glitch • Out of Sky Bubble glitch • Overload glitch (Halo 3) • Phantom Flood whip • Phantom riding glitch • Riding a Pelican • Ring of Rockets • Roaming spectator• Rtas 'Vadum in crashed Flood ship • Sangheili neck glitch • Scarab boarding glitch • Secret room on The Covenant • Secret Room under Snowbound • Semi-fake area glitch • Silhouette Sword • Skipping the light bridge scene • Stasis field glitch • Stopping time • Sword deflection glitch • Teleporter glitch • The Ark vacation • The Bump • The Covenant vacation • Theater tricks • Three Johnsons glitch • Time travel glitch • Transparent scenery glitch • Triple wielding • Turret detach glitch • Turretless vehicle glitch • Two Arbiters glitch • Two Spartan Lasers on Halo • Unlimited ammo • Unlimited enemies • Walking in the Dawn • Weaponless Elite glitch • Zero-gravity glitch
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AI Super Jump • Armor permutation glitch • Charging Needler glitch • Corvette vacation • Dancing Hunter glitch • Dead shielded Emile • Floating shot glitch • Forge physics glitch • Forge turret glitch • Forge World vacation • Fused armor glitch • Giant Spartan glitch • Infinite armor lock glitch • Jetpack glitch • Lone Wolf Spartan statue glitch • Miniature Spartan glitch • Monitor glitch • Nightfall forklift glitch • Nightfall vacation • No weapon glitch • ONI: Sword Base vacation •Pilotable Seraph • Rapid firing Fuel Rod Shade • Spartan in Autumn • Square-Gates • Tip of the Spear vacation • Teleporter launching glitch • Three invincible Grunts glitch • Trapped in drop pod glitch • Turretless vehicle glitch • Unintended firing glitch • Using Onager early • Weaponless Elite glitch
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