Hack 49. Slow Down Rockets

Tricks you can play with rockets.

The slow rocket homing glitch is one of the most interactive glitches discovered by the Halo community. Using this technique, you can decrease the speed of the projectile launched from the Rocket Launcher. This allows you to launch a rocket and then let it chase you around the map. Normally this would be impossible because the rocket would simply destroy you. However, this glitch allows your vehicle to outrun the rocket.

First, get a partner on the opposing team to drive a vehicle of some sort the faster the better. As with the circling rockets hack [Hack #48] this glitch is easier to reproduce with a high look-sensitivity setting. Now with your rocket ready, lock on to the vehicle and hold the right trigger. Look directly up at a 90-degree angle to the ground and release the trigger (see Figures 5-31 and 5-32).

Figure 5-31. Watching two players setting up the shot

Figure 5-32. Firing straight up

The rocket will launch at a normal speed, at which point your driver should begin accelerating as fast as possible in a straight line it helps if you start with a nice straightaway in front of you. The rocket will loop around and follow the moving vehicle (see Figures 5-33 and 5-34). If the vehicle happens to slow down, the rocket should continue at its set pace hit the vehicle. If the vehicle turns, the rocket will follow.

Figure 5-33. The rocket looping around

Figure 5-34. The slow rocket chasing the Warthog

If the rocket hasn't exploded after about thirty or forty seconds, the projectile will exceed its life span and simply disappear. This glitch is most enjoyable with multiple rockets.