diff --git a/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsController.cpp b/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsController.cpp
index d09ad58fe3b..fc76af15301 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsController.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsController.cpp
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ void	DefaultMotionState::getWorldOrientation(float& quatIma0,float& quatIma1,flo
 		
 void	DefaultMotionState::setWorldPosition(float posX,float posY,float posZ)
 {
-	btPoint3 pos(posX,posY,posZ);
+	btVector3 pos(posX,posY,posZ);
 	m_worldTransform.setOrigin( pos );
 }
 
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ bool CcdShapeConstructionInfo::SetMesh(RAS_MeshObject* meshobj, bool polytope,bo
 				for (int i=0;i<poly->VertexCount();i++)
 				{
 					const float* vtx = poly->GetVertex(i)->getXYZ();
-					btPoint3 point(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
+					btVector3	point(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
 					//avoid duplicates (could better directly use vertex offsets, rather than a vertex compare)
 					bool found = false;
 					for (int j=0;j<m_vertexArray.size();j++)
@@ -1348,13 +1348,13 @@ bool CcdShapeConstructionInfo::SetMesh(RAS_MeshObject* meshobj, bool polytope,bo
 			{
 				{
 					const float* vtx = poly->GetVertex(2)->getXYZ();
-					btPoint3 vertex0(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
+					btVector3 vertex0(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
 
 					vtx = poly->GetVertex(1)->getXYZ();
-					btPoint3 vertex1(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
+					btVector3 vertex1(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
 
 					vtx = poly->GetVertex(0)->getXYZ();
-					btPoint3 vertex2(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
+					btVector3 vertex2(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
 
 					m_vertexArray.push_back(vertex0);
 					m_vertexArray.push_back(vertex1);
@@ -1365,13 +1365,13 @@ bool CcdShapeConstructionInfo::SetMesh(RAS_MeshObject* meshobj, bool polytope,bo
 				if (poly->VertexCount() == 4)
 				{
 					const float* vtx = poly->GetVertex(3)->getXYZ();
-					btPoint3 vertex0(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
+					btVector3 vertex0(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
 
 					vtx = poly->GetVertex(2)->getXYZ();
-					btPoint3 vertex1(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
+					btVector3 vertex1(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
 
 					vtx = poly->GetVertex(0)->getXYZ();
-					btPoint3 vertex2(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
+					btVector3 vertex2(vtx[0],vtx[1],vtx[2]);
 
 					m_vertexArray.push_back(vertex0);
 					m_vertexArray.push_back(vertex1);
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ btCollisionShape* CcdShapeConstructionInfo::CreateBulletShape()
 		break;
 
 	case PHY_SHAPE_POLYTOPE:
-		collisionShape = new btConvexHullShape(&m_vertexArray.begin()->getX(), m_vertexArray.size());
+		collisionShape = new btConvexHullShape(&m_vertexArray[0].getX(), m_vertexArray.size());
 		break;
 
 	case PHY_SHAPE_MESH:
@@ -1459,10 +1459,11 @@ btCollisionShape* CcdShapeConstructionInfo::CreateBulletShape()
 				
 
 				// m_vertexArray is necessarily a multiple of 3
-				for (std::vector<btPoint3>::iterator it=m_vertexArray.begin(); it != m_vertexArray.end(); )
+				for (int i=0;i<m_vertexArray.size(); i+=3 )
 				{
-					collisionMeshData->addTriangle(*it++,*it++,*it++);
+					collisionMeshData->addTriangle(m_vertexArray[i+2],m_vertexArray[i+1],m_vertexArray[i]);
 				}
+				
 				btGImpactMeshShape* gimpactShape =  new btGImpactMeshShape(collisionMeshData);
 
 				collisionShape = gimpactShape;
@@ -1476,9 +1477,9 @@ btCollisionShape* CcdShapeConstructionInfo::CreateBulletShape()
 				collisionMeshData->m_weldingThreshold = m_weldingThreshold;
 
 				// m_vertexArray is necessarily a multiple of 3
-				for (std::vector<btPoint3>::iterator it=m_vertexArray.begin(); it != m_vertexArray.end(); )
+				for (int i=0;i<m_vertexArray.size(); i+=3 )
 				{
-					collisionMeshData->addTriangle(*it++,*it++,*it++);
+					collisionMeshData->addTriangle(m_vertexArray[i+2],m_vertexArray[i+1],m_vertexArray[i]);
 				}
 				// this shape will be shared and not deleted until shapeInfo is deleted
 				m_unscaledShape = new btBvhTriangleMeshShape( collisionMeshData, true );
diff --git a/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsController.h b/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsController.h
index c771aa2624b..deb3c0880e9 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsController.h
+++ b/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsController.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public:
 	btTransform				m_childTrans;
 	btVector3				m_childScale;
 	void*					m_userData;	
-	std::vector<btPoint3>	m_vertexArray;	// Contains both vertex array for polytope shape and
+	btAlignedObjectArray<btVector3>	m_vertexArray;	// Contains both vertex array for polytope shape and
 											// triangle array for concave mesh shape.
 											// In this case a triangle is made of 3 consecutive points
 	std::vector<int>		m_polygonIndexArray;	// Contains the array of polygon index in the 
diff --git a/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsEnvironment.cpp b/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsEnvironment.cpp
index eb01385bc01..63ad427852e 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsEnvironment.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Physics/Bullet/CcdPhysicsEnvironment.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ void	CcdPhysicsEnvironment::addCcdPhysicsController(CcdPhysicsController* ctrl)
 	const btTransform& t = ctrl->GetCollisionObject()->getWorldTransform();
 	
 
-	btPoint3 minAabb,maxAabb;
+	btVector3 minAabb,maxAabb;
 
 	shapeinterface->getAabb(t,minAabb,maxAabb);