diff --git a/src/collision/ColLine.h b/src/collision/ColLine.h
index 21587a06..a2cb9a0b 100644
--- a/src/collision/ColLine.h
+++ b/src/collision/ColLine.h
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ struct CColLine
 {
 	// NB: this has to be compatible with two CVuVectors
 	CVector p0;
-	int pad0;
+//	int pad0;
 	CVector p1;
-	int pad1;
+//	int pad1;
 
 	CColLine(void) { };
 	CColLine(const CVector &p0, const CVector &p1) { this->p0 = p0; this->p1 = p1; };
diff --git a/src/collision/ColPoint.h b/src/collision/ColPoint.h
index a15b2345..f978720d 100644
--- a/src/collision/ColPoint.h
+++ b/src/collision/ColPoint.h
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 struct CColPoint
 {
 	CVector point;
-	int pad1;
+	int pad1;	// this is stupid
 	// the surface normal on the surface of point
 	CVector normal;
-	int pad2;
+	//int pad2;
 	uint8 surfaceA;
 	uint8 pieceA;
 	uint8 surfaceB;
diff --git a/src/collision/ColSphere.h b/src/collision/ColSphere.h
index f86b282a..3f18d8c0 100644
--- a/src/collision/ColSphere.h
+++ b/src/collision/ColSphere.h
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 #include "SurfaceTable.h"
 
-struct CSphere
+// TODO(LCS): maybe this was in a union with CVuVector? or is the alignment manual?
+struct TYPEALIGN(16) CSphere
 {
 	// NB: this has to be compatible with a CVuVector
-	CVector center;
+	RwV3d center;
 	float radius;
 	void Set(float radius, const CVector &center) { this->center = center; this->radius = radius; }
 };
diff --git a/src/collision/ColTriangle.h b/src/collision/ColTriangle.h
index a2580c58..5ce543b5 100644
--- a/src/collision/ColTriangle.h
+++ b/src/collision/ColTriangle.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct CColTrianglePlane
 	}
 #endif
 #else
+	// TODO(LCS): LCS actually uses CompressedVector too
 	CVector normal;
 	float dist;
 	uint8 dir;
diff --git a/src/collision/Collision.cpp b/src/collision/Collision.cpp
index bead5183..82681645 100644
--- a/src/collision/Collision.cpp
+++ b/src/collision/Collision.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #include "Camera.h"
 #include "ColStore.h"
 
+// gotta figure out how they handled CSphere exactly
+// so using this to remind me to look into it again.
+#define CVECTORHACK(rwv3d) CVector(rwv3d)
+
 #ifdef VU_COLLISION
 #include "VuCollision.h"
 
@@ -391,7 +395,7 @@ CCollision::TestLineSphere(const CColLine &line, const CColSphere &sph)
 	// The length of the tangent would be this: Sqrt((c-p0)^2 - r^2).
 	// Negative if p0 is inside the sphere! This breaks the test!
 	float tansq = 4.0f * linesq *
-		(sph.center.MagnitudeSqr() - 2.0f*DotProduct(sph.center, line.p0) + line.p0.MagnitudeSqr() - sph.radius*sph.radius);
+		(CVECTORHACK(sph.center).MagnitudeSqr() - 2.0f*DotProduct(sph.center, line.p0) + line.p0.MagnitudeSqr() - sph.radius*sph.radius);
 	float diffsq = projline*projline - tansq;
 	// if diffsq < 0 that means the line is a passant, so no intersection
 	if(diffsq < 0.0f)
@@ -470,9 +474,9 @@ CCollision::TestSphereTriangle(const CColSphere &sphere,
 	case 2:
 		// closest to an edge
 		// looks like original game as DistToLine manually inlined
-		if(!insideAB) dist = DistToLine(&va, &vb, &sphere.center);
-		else if(!insideAC) dist = DistToLine(&va, &vc, &sphere.center);
-		else if(!insideBC) dist = DistToLine(&vb, &vc, &sphere.center);
+		if(!insideAB) dist = DistToLine(&va, &vb, &CVECTORHACK(sphere.center));
+		else if(!insideAC) dist = DistToLine(&va, &vc, &CVECTORHACK(sphere.center));
+		else if(!insideBC) dist = DistToLine(&vb, &vc, &CVECTORHACK(sphere.center));
 		else assert(0);
 		break;
 	case 3:
@@ -1279,9 +1283,9 @@ CCollision::ProcessSphereTriangle(const CColSphere &sphere,
 	case 2:
 		// closest to an edge
 		// looks like original game as DistToLine manually inlined
-		if(!insideAB) dist = DistToLine(&va, &vb, &sphere.center, p);
-		else if(!insideAC) dist = DistToLine(&va, &vc, &sphere.center, p);
-		else if(!insideBC) dist = DistToLine(&vb, &vc, &sphere.center, p);
+		if(!insideAB) dist = DistToLine(&va, &vb, &CVECTORHACK(sphere.center), p);
+		else if(!insideAC) dist = DistToLine(&va, &vc, &CVECTORHACK(sphere.center), p);
+		else if(!insideBC) dist = DistToLine(&vb, &vc, &CVECTORHACK(sphere.center), p);
 		else assert(0);
 		break;
 	case 3:
diff --git a/src/math/Vector.cpp b/src/math/Vector.cpp
index ee76e555..e29d4335 100644
--- a/src/math/Vector.cpp
+++ b/src/math/Vector.cpp
@@ -44,3 +44,18 @@ operator*(const CMatrix &mat, const CVector &vec)
 	               mat.ry * vec.x + mat.fy * vec.y + mat.uy * vec.z + mat.py,
 	               mat.rz * vec.x + mat.fz * vec.y + mat.uz * vec.z + mat.pz);
 }
+
+void
+RwV3dTransformPoints(CVector * pointsOut, const CVector * pointsIn, RwInt32 numPoints, const RwMatrix * matrix)
+{
+	while(numPoints--){
+		float x = pointsIn->x*matrix->right.x + pointsIn->y*matrix->up.x + pointsIn->z*matrix->at.x + matrix->pos.x;
+		float y = pointsIn->x*matrix->right.y + pointsIn->y*matrix->up.y + pointsIn->z*matrix->at.y + matrix->pos.y;
+		float z = pointsIn->x*matrix->right.z + pointsIn->y*matrix->up.z + pointsIn->z*matrix->at.z + matrix->pos.z;
+		pointsOut->x = x;
+		pointsOut->y = y;
+		pointsOut->z = z;
+		pointsOut++;
+		pointsIn++;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/math/Vector.h b/src/math/Vector.h
index 02128454..87895806 100644
--- a/src/math/Vector.h
+++ b/src/math/Vector.h
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #pragma once
 
+// TODO(LCS): this should have 16 byte alignment but VS doesn't like passing aligned values by value
+// need a solution for this eventually if we ever want to load original assets
 class CVector : public RwV3d
 {
 public:
+	float w;
+
 	CVector(void) {}
 	CVector(float x, float y, float z)
 	{
@@ -126,4 +130,7 @@ class CMatrix;
 
 CVector Multiply3x3(const CMatrix &mat, const CVector &vec);
 CVector Multiply3x3(const CVector &vec, const CMatrix &mat);
-CVector operator*(const CMatrix &mat, const CVector &vec);
\ No newline at end of file
+CVector operator*(const CMatrix &mat, const CVector &vec);
+
+// we need this because CVector and RwV3d have different size now
+void RwV3dTransformPoints(CVector * pointsOut, const CVector * pointsIn, RwInt32 numPoints, const RwMatrix * matrix);
diff --git a/src/math/VuVector.h b/src/math/VuVector.h
index 30d62cfc..026965d1 100644
--- a/src/math/VuVector.h
+++ b/src/math/VuVector.h
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 class TYPEALIGN(16) CVuVector : public CVector
 {
 public:
-	float w;
+//	float w;	// in CVector now
 	CVuVector(void) {}
 	CVuVector(float x, float y, float z) : CVector(x, y, z) {}
-	CVuVector(float x, float y, float z, float w) : CVector(x, y, z), w(w) {}
+	CVuVector(float x, float y, float z, float w) : CVector(x, y, z)/*, w(w)*/ { this->w = w;}
 	CVuVector(const CVector &v) : CVector(v.x, v.y, v.z) {}
 	CVuVector(const RwV3d &v) : CVector(v) {}
 /*