diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp
index 60f52d1dd..1274d5817 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp
@@ -5159,10 +5159,13 @@ void MoveDude(DBloodActor* actor)
 			return;
 		if (actor->xspr.height >= 0x100)
 			return;
-		double nDrag = gDudeDrag;
+		int nDrag = gDudeDrag;
 		if (actor->xspr.height > 0)
-			nDrag -= Scale(gDudeDrag, (double)actor->xspr.height, 256.);
-		actor->vel.XY() += -actor->vel * nDrag;
+			nDrag -= Scale(gDudeDrag, actor->xspr.height, 256);
+
+		// this cannot be floatified due to the effect of mulscale16r on the value.
+		actor->vel.X += FixedToFloat(-mulscale16r(FloatToFixed(actor->vel.X), nDrag));
+		actor->vel.Y += FixedToFloat(-mulscale16r(FloatToFixed(actor->vel.Y), nDrag));
 
 		if (actor->vel.XY().Length() < 0.0625)
 			actor->ZeroVelocityXY();
diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/actor.h b/source/games/blood/src/actor.h
index bd68497c6..c2d69db80 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/actor.h
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/actor.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ extern const EXPLOSION explodeInfo[];
 extern const THINGINFO thingInfo[];
 extern VECTORDATA gVectorData[];
 
-const double gDudeDrag = FixedToFloat(0x2a00);
+const int gDudeDrag = 0x2a00;
 
 template<typename T> bool IsPlayerSprite(T const * const pSprite)
 {
diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/common_game.h b/source/games/blood/src/common_game.h
index e663e1a1b..d85f40b93 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/common_game.h
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/common_game.h
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ inline int scale(int a1, int a2, int a3, int a4, int a5)
 	return a4 + (a5 - a4) * (a1 - a2) / (a3 - a2);
 }
 
-inline int mulscale16r(int a, int b)
+inline int mulscale16r(int a, int b) // do not delete!
 {
 	int64_t acc = 1 << (16 - 1);
 	acc += ((int64_t)a) * b;