diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp
index 786e12f65..d511bda71 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp
@@ -5142,23 +5142,24 @@ void MoveDude(DBloodActor* actor)
 				return;
 			}
 		}
-		if (IsUnderwaterSector(actor->sector()))
-			return;
-		if (actor->xspr.height >= 0x100)
-			return;
 		int nDrag = gDudeDrag;
 		if (actor->xspr.height > 0)
 			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 (pPlayer)
 		{
 			pPlayer->Angles.StrafeVel += FixedToFloat(-mulscale16r(FloatToFixed(pPlayer->Angles.StrafeVel), nDrag));
 		}
 
+		if (IsUnderwaterSector(actor->sector()))
+			return;
+		if (actor->xspr.height >= 0x100)
+			return;
+
+		// 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->vel.XY().Zero();