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[[File:Halo3_19669158_Medium-1-.jpg|thumb|200px|Johnson at end of ''Halo 3'' Campaign.]] | [[File:Halo3_19669158_Medium-1-.jpg|thumb|200px|Johnson at end of ''Halo 3'' Campaign.]] | ||
'''Life After Death''' is a [[glitch]] present in ''[[Halo 3]]''<nowiki/>'s [[Campaign]]. If an [[Wikipedia:Non-player character|NPC]] is [[Betrayal|betrayed]] immediately before a [[cutscene]] that depicts their departure or death, the NPC will still be alive and in the level after the cutscene. The glitch was named for its first application: "preventing" the death of [[Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]]. | '''Life After Death''' is a [[glitch]] present in ''[[Halo 3]]''<nowiki/>'s [[Campaign]]. If an [[Wikipedia:Non-player character|NPC]] is [[Betrayal|betrayed]] immediately before a [[cutscene]] that depicts their departure or death, the NPC will still be alive and in the level after the cutscene. The glitch was named for its first application: "preventing" the death of [[Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]]. | ||
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=== Halo (Sergeant Johnson) === | === Halo (Sergeant Johnson) === | ||
On the level [[Halo (Level)|Halo]], when you arrive at the entrance to the [[Control Room]], shoot Sergeant Johnson in the head to make him fall for 5 seconds. Enter the Control Room while Johnson is down. If done correctly, he will still be alive after the cutscene. However, after 3 seconds, a [[Flood]] [[ | On the level [[Halo (Level)|Halo]], when you arrive at the entrance to the [[Control Room]], shoot Sergeant Johnson in the head to make him fall for 5 seconds. Enter the Control Room while Johnson is down. If done correctly, he will still be alive after the cutscene. However, after 3 seconds, a [[Flood]] [[Infection Form]] will jump onto him. If the player is able to save Johnson from the Infection Forms, kill Johnson twice to get his [[Spartan Laser]] with unlimited charge. | ||
On higher difficulties, the | On higher difficulties, the Infection Form will vanish, unable to infect Johnson. He sometimes disappears as soon as you leave the Control Room's entrance door, though there are at least two recorded instances where a player brought Johnson all the way to the end of the level.<ref name="youtube-savingjohnson">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXYt6-2OasM '''YouTube:''' Halo 3 Saving Sergeant Johnson All The Way]</ref> | ||
== Explanation == | == Explanation == | ||
It is known that, under normal circumstances, the affected characters are removed from the level after the affected cutscenes; on The Ark, the Arbiter departs in a Banshee, and on Halo, Sergeant Johnson dies. The glitch prevents them from being removed from the level. | It is known that, under normal circumstances, the affected characters are removed from the level after the affected cutscenes; on The Ark, the Arbiter departs in a Banshee, and on Halo, Sergeant Johnson dies. The glitch prevents them from being removed from the level. | ||
This glitch prevents the removal of a NPC because when alive they have an instance of their name or something relevant to their name. But when this NPC dies their instance is no longer their name, it becomes something like ''Dead'' or ''Ragdoll''. The game's code is set to remove the instance of the characters name, not ''Dead'' or ''Ragdoll''. Thus alowing players to glitch NPC's past cutscenes or loading sequences. | |||
When proceeding through these levels normally, important NPCs, such as Johnson and the Arbiter, are deleted from and re-added to the levels several times -- each time an important NPC gets separated from the player, they are removed. Killing such an NPC will prevent their removal. When the game re-adds him later, it does not check to see if the previous NPC was successfully removed. | |||
==See also== | This, then, is the exact same glitch as the Three Johnsons glitch and the Two Arbiters Glitch. | ||
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== See also == | |||
*[[Two Arbiters Glitch]] | |||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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{{Glitches}} | {{Glitches}} | ||
[[Category:Halo 3 | [[Category:Halo 3 Glitches]] | ||
[[Category:Tricks and | [[Category:Tricks and Cheats]] | ||
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