diff --git a/language.version b/language.version
index 1e5a46a14..9326547a1 100644
--- a/language.version
+++ b/language.version
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [default]
-SWWM_MODVER="\cyDEMOLITIONIST \cw1.3pre r443 \cu(Tue 13 Sep 14:05:39 CEST 2022)\c-";
-SWWM_SHORTVER="\cw1.3pre r443 \cu(2022-09-13 14:05:39)\c-";
+SWWM_MODVER="\cyDEMOLITIONIST \cw1.3pre r444 \cu(Tue 13 Sep 15:18:33 CEST 2022)\c-";
+SWWM_SHORTVER="\cw1.3pre r444 \cu(2022-09-13 15:18:33)\c-";
diff --git a/zscript/swwm_player.zsc b/zscript/swwm_player.zsc
index c6b806f79..13889cd33 100644
--- a/zscript/swwm_player.zsc
+++ b/zscript/swwm_player.zsc
@@ -311,16 +311,18 @@ Class Demolitionist : PlayerPawn
 		}
 		return 4;
 	}
-	// oof
+	// directional movement without straferunning
 	Vector2 NormalizedMove()
 	{
 		if ( !(player.cmd.forwardmove|player.cmd.sidemove) )
 			return (0,0);
-		Vector2 mvec = (player.cmd.forwardmove,-player.cmd.sidemove/.96);
-		double maxval = max(abs(mvec.x),abs(mvec.y));
-		// sorry, we don't use that here specifically, that's for tweakspeed to handle
-		if ( !(player.cmd.buttons&BT_RUN) ) maxval *= 2.;
-		return mvec.unit()*maxval;
+		int idx = !!(player.cmd.buttons&BT_RUN);
+		// ratio between forwardmove and sidemove (depending on BT_RUN state)
+		double fs = gameinfo.normforwardmove[idx]/gameinfo.normsidemove[idx];
+		// raw axes scaled to 1:1 ratio
+		Vector2 mvec = (player.cmd.forwardmove,-player.cmd.sidemove*fs);
+		// multiply unit vector back to "raw" running speed (as TweakSpeed handles the "true" scaling for us later)
+		return mvec.unit()*gameinfo.normforwardmove[1]*256.;
 	}
 	double TweakSpeed()
 	{