diff --git a/source/blood/src/player.cpp b/source/blood/src/player.cpp
index 99cdf1ba7..9f0680212 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/player.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/player.cpp
@@ -431,13 +431,13 @@ bool isShrinked(spritetype* pSprite) {
 }
 
 bool shrinkPlayerSize(PLAYER* pPlayer, int divider) {
-    pPlayer->pXSprite->scale = -divider;
+    pPlayer->pXSprite->scale = 256/divider;
     playerSetRace(pPlayer, kModeHumanShrink);
     return true;
 }
 
 bool growPlayerSize(PLAYER* pPlayer, int multiplier) {
-    pPlayer->pXSprite->scale = multiplier;
+    pPlayer->pXSprite->scale = 256*multiplier;
     playerSetRace(pPlayer, kModeHumanGrown);
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/source/blood/src/seq.cpp b/source/blood/src/seq.cpp
index 156fadb9b..8527a07bb 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/seq.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/seq.cpp
@@ -108,14 +108,12 @@ void UpdateSprite(int nXSprite, SEQFRAME *pFrame)
     
     int scale = xsprite[nXSprite].scale; // SEQ size scaling
     if (pFrame->at2_0) {
-        if (scale < 0) pSprite->xrepeat = pFrame->at2_0 / abs(scale);
-        else if (scale > 0) pSprite->xrepeat = pFrame->at2_0 * scale;
+        if (scale) pSprite->xrepeat = mulscale8(pFrame->at2_0, scale);
         else pSprite->xrepeat = pFrame->at2_0;
     }
 
     if (pFrame->at3_0) {
-        if (scale < 0) pSprite->yrepeat = pFrame->at3_0 / abs(scale);
-        else if (scale > 0) pSprite->yrepeat = pFrame->at3_0 * scale;
+        if (scale) pSprite->yrepeat = mulscale8(pFrame->at3_0, scale);
         else pSprite->yrepeat = pFrame->at3_0;
     }