Cease-Fire Trick

thumb|300px|right|How to do the Cease-Fire Trick AND Higher Weapons GlitchThe Cease-Fire Trick is a trick that can be performed in every Halo game. It is used in many machinimas, and causes your character to hold their weapon in the ready state.

Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo PC, and Halo Mac

 * Just look down

Halo 2
This trick was given its own button in Halo 2. However, in Halo 2, the only change YOU can see in first person view is your stance changing.
 * Just press Down on the D-Pad

Halo 3
In Halo 3, this trick was made a lot harder to perform due to "possible exploits" according to Bungie. Well that's one of the most retarded things I've ever heard, but I digress.
 * Start any Forge session or Custom Game, and set the network mode to Local or System Link
 * Press the following button combo: LB, RB, A, LS, Down on the D-Pad. You can enter that button combo in any order, just as long as all of the buttons remain pressed until the combo is finished

Other Stuff

 * There are two glitches that result from this trick in Halo 3; the Silhouette Sword Glitch and the Higher Weapons Glitch
 * To end the trick, either perform the button combo again, throw a grenade, die and respawn, or fire your weapon