diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index 9ce420c..542359a 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -2465,6 +2465,32 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                 {
                     remoteMot.ServerMoveToActive = update.MotionState.IsServerControlledMoveTo;
 
+                    // Bulk-copy the wire's resolved ForwardCommand + speed
+                    // into InterpretedState UNCONDITIONALLY (overlay,
+                    // substate, AND MoveTo packets). Matches retail's
+                    // copy_movement_from semantics
+                    // (acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:293301-293311) which does
+                    // not filter by MovementType.
+                    //
+                    // For MoveTo packets, fullMotion is the RunForward seed
+                    // from PlanMoveToStart, so this populates
+                    // ForwardCommand=RunForward + ForwardSpeed=speed*runRate
+                    // — what the OLD substate-only DoInterpretedMotion call
+                    // (commit f794832 removed) used to set. Without it,
+                    // apply_current_movement reads the default
+                    // ForwardCommand=Ready and produces zero velocity, so
+                    // chasing creatures only translate via UpdatePosition
+                    // hard-snaps and at spawn appear posed at default
+                    // (visible as "torso on the ground" until the first UP
+                    // snap hits).
+                    //
+                    // For overlay (Action) packets this sets ForwardCommand
+                    // to the Attack/Twitch/etc command, and
+                    // get_state_velocity returns 0 because the gate is
+                    // RunForward||WalkForward — body stops moving forward.
+                    remoteMot.Motion.InterpretedState.ForwardCommand = fullMotion;
+                    remoteMot.Motion.InterpretedState.ForwardSpeed = speedMod <= 0f ? 1f : speedMod;
+
                     if (update.MotionState.IsServerControlledMoveTo
                         && update.MotionState.MoveToPath is { } path)
                     {
@@ -2488,15 +2514,6 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                         // Off MoveTo — clear stale destination so the per-tick
                         // driver doesn't keep steering.
                         remoteMot.HasMoveToDestination = false;
-
-                        // Bulk-copy the wire's resolved ForwardCommand + speed
-                        // into InterpretedState. For Action commands this
-                        // makes apply_current_movement return zero velocity
-                        // on the next tick (gate fails). For substate
-                        // commands (Run/Walk/Ready), this is identical to
-                        // what DoInterpretedMotion would have written.
-                        remoteMot.Motion.InterpretedState.ForwardCommand = fullMotion;
-                        remoteMot.Motion.InterpretedState.ForwardSpeed = speedMod <= 0f ? 1f : speedMod;
                     }
                 }