Running speed can be adjusted from the character configs, added a parameter for the "running speed" in water (characters now swim faster when holding shift).

TODO: make AI-controlled monsters run/swim faster in specific situations (fleeing, attacking, etc).

Barotrauma/Source/Characters/Animation/AnimController.cs

@@ -12,13 +12,25 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
         protected Character character;
 
-        protected float walkSpeed, swimSpeed;  
-                
+        protected float walkSpeed, swimSpeed;
+        
         protected float walkPos;
 
         protected readonly Vector2 stepSize;
         protected readonly float legTorque;
-                
+
+        public float RunSpeedMultiplier
+        {
+            get;
+            private set;
+        }
+
+        public float SwimSpeedMultiplier
+        {
+            get;
+            private set;
+        }
+
         public AnimController(Character character, XElement element)
             : base(character, element)
         {
@@ -30,6 +42,9 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             walkSpeed = ToolBox.GetAttributeFloat(element, "walkspeed", 1.0f);
             swimSpeed = ToolBox.GetAttributeFloat(element, "swimspeed", 1.0f);
 
+            RunSpeedMultiplier = ToolBox.GetAttributeFloat(element, "runspeedmultiplier", 2f);
+            SwimSpeedMultiplier = ToolBox.GetAttributeFloat(element, "swimspeedmultiplier", 1.5f);
+            
             legTorque = ToolBox.GetAttributeFloat(element, "legtorque", 0.0f);
         }
 

Barotrauma/Source/Characters/Animation/HumanoidAnimController.cs

@@ -571,7 +571,6 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             }
 
             float targetSpeed = TargetMovement.Length();
-            if (targetSpeed > 0.0f) TargetMovement /= targetSpeed;
 
             if (targetSpeed > 0.1f)
             {
@@ -633,7 +632,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                 Collider.LinearVelocity = Vector2.Lerp(Collider.LinearVelocity, movement * swimSpeed, movementLerp);
             }
                         
-            walkPos += movement.Length() * 0.15f;
+            walkPos += movement.Length() * 0.2f;
             footPos = Collider.SimPosition - new Vector2((float)Math.Sin(-Collider.Rotation), (float)Math.Cos(-Collider.Rotation)) * 0.4f;
             
             for (int i = -1; i<2; i+=2)
@@ -691,7 +690,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
             handPos += head.LinearVelocity * 0.1f;
 
-            float handCyclePos = walkPos / 3.0f * -Dir;
+            float handCyclePos = walkPos / 2.0f * -Dir;
             float handPosX = (float)Math.Cos(handCyclePos) * 0.4f;
             float handPosY = (float)Math.Sin(handCyclePos) * 1.0f;
             handPosY = MathHelper.Clamp(handPosY, -0.8f, 0.8f);