diff --git a/source/build/include/compat.h b/source/build/include/compat.h
index bd950a9a0..178d914d6 100644
--- a/source/build/include/compat.h
+++ b/source/build/include/compat.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "xs_Float.h"
 #include "m_alloc.h"
+#include "intvec.h"
 
 ////////// Compiler detection //////////
 
@@ -629,10 +630,6 @@ typedef struct MAY_ALIAS {
     int32_t x, y;
 } vec2_t;
 
-typedef struct MAY_ALIAS {
-    int16_t x, y;
-} vec2_16_t;
-
 typedef struct {
     uint32_t x, y;
 } vec2u_t;
diff --git a/source/core/intvec.h b/source/core/intvec.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97fcad844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/core/intvec.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#pragma once
+
+struct vec2_16_t
+{
+    int16_t x, y;
+};
+
+
+#if 0
+struct vec2_t 
+{
+    int32_t x, y;
+};
+
+struct vec2u_t
+{
+    uint32_t x, y;
+};
+
+struct vec2f_t
+{
+    float x, y;
+};
+
+struct vec2d_t
+{
+    double x, y;
+};
+
+struct vec3_t
+{
+    union 
+	{
+        struct 
+		{ 
+			int32_t x, y, z; 
+		};
+        vec2_t  vec2;
+    };
+};
+
+struct vec3_16_t
+{
+    union 
+	{
+        struct 
+		{ 
+			int16_t x, y, z; 
+		};
+        vec2_16_t vec2;
+    };
+};
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/core/searchpaths.cpp b/source/core/searchpaths.cpp
index 31e0c341f..c0ede06df 100644
--- a/source/core/searchpaths.cpp
+++ b/source/core/searchpaths.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "m_crc32.h"
 #include "i_specialpaths.h"
 #include "i_system.h"
-#include "compat.h"
 #include "gameconfigfile.h"
 #include "cmdlib.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
diff --git a/source/core/textures/buildtiles.cpp b/source/core/textures/buildtiles.cpp
index e666fab5e..086e012ee 100644
--- a/source/core/textures/buildtiles.cpp
+++ b/source/core/textures/buildtiles.cpp
@@ -524,8 +524,8 @@ void BuildTiles::PostLoadSetup()
 			if (rep.palnum == DETAILPAL)
 			{
 				detailTex = rep.faces[0];
-				scalex = rep.scale.x;
-				scaley = rep.scale.y;
+				scalex = rep.scale.X;
+				scaley = rep.scale.Y;
 			}
 		}
 		if (!detailTex && !glowTex && !normalTex && !specTex) continue; // if there's no layers there's nothing to do.
diff --git a/source/core/textures/buildtiles.h b/source/core/textures/buildtiles.h
index 432f0f748..c43cefc3f 100644
--- a/source/core/textures/buildtiles.h
+++ b/source/core/textures/buildtiles.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "textures.h"
 #include "image.h"
 #include "i_time.h"
-#include "compat.h"
+#include "intvec.h"
 
 // picanm[].sf:
 // |bit(1<<7)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct rottile_t
 struct HightileReplacement
 {
 	FGameTexture* faces[6]; // only one gets used by a texture, the other 5 are for skyboxes only
-	vec2f_t scale;
+	FVector2 scale;
 	float alphacut, specpower, specfactor;
 	uint16_t palnum, flags;
 };