Halfling out-of-combat move speed

So- despite the combat speed of my halfling PC being the same (or better!) than a human PC in heavy armor, out of combat the halfling lags (significantly) behind. This is most noticeable when I use the speedup() console command; the human sized characters zip across the map almost instantly, but the halfling arrives about 30 seconds later. This is particularly annoying when I'm trying to keep a combat formation- the halfling oftentime is so far behind that it takes him several turns just to reach the combat!!

Is this an unavoidable, hard-coded constraint in the game? Or is there another console command I could run to adjust the halfling character's out of combat speed to match the other characters? Or even slow the other characters to the halfling's rate- really, it is the disparity that is frustrating, because it causes them to move out of synch.

 

I often don't use halflings simply because I can't keep them in combat formation at all, except by only moving an inch or two at a time.
Black bears are also really slow outside of combat, but from what I've heard, they're definitely not slower than humans in real life.
I've often wondered if the halflings are depicted as smaller than they should be. Or the dwarves are depicted as larger. The dwarves, while obviously meant to be bulkier, absolutely, well, dwarf the halflings, who I didn't think were _that_ much smaller than the dwarves. Or maybe it's just my eyes playing tricks on me.

 

I could be mistaken, but I think dwarves (due to their heavy build and general not-as-small-as-the-name-suggests build) are classed as medium sized in 3.5 Ed, same as humans or elves. I know they can use medium weapons like a longsword one-handed, a small PC such as a gnome or halfling can't do that.

As for the non-combat movement speed, that sucks. I have some success with increasing OOC movement speed by always making every PC it's maximum racial height. Maybe maxing a halfling's height and minimizing the non-halflings would bring them closer to the same movement rate. :shrug:

 

Just so you know, any small size character will lag behind taller ones. Make some humans, some as small as the scale will allow and some as tall as you can scale- up to. Then move them about. You will see that the smaller characters will stroll at a slower rate compared to the taller ones. This is a hard codes factor as far as I know.

 

"Halfings, breaking shit all over since LOTR."

:evilgrin:

 

Boosting their speed only seems to effect combat speed as far as I can tell. Out of combat, it's based on the character's animations, which seem to never change. I still wonder about bears being slow.

 

I can not speak for Bears, but it funny seeing my smallest possible human female moving at the same speed as a the tallest hobbit. Outside of combat of course

 

without knowing for sure lol, it would seem a simple enough change to make bears and halflings run out of combat at the same speed as humans, and while not changing balance in any way, it would however make it more playable.

 

This is one of the reasons why my thief, (yeah thief!) is usually an elf instead of a halfling.

 

I hear you. I am a convert from !st ED and while I will use he term rogue, in my heart and mind they are are still THIEVES.

 

I noticed that... my dwarf was slightly outrunning everyone else... even the monk, if I recall.

 

And if a one of your party is facing a direction other than the direction you just chose for them to go, he will first turn around, (as other chars run around him) and then begin to work his way to the new destination.