diff --git a/WickedEngine/shaders/hairparticle_simulateCS.hlsl b/WickedEngine/shaders/hairparticle_simulateCS.hlsl
index 071c83f80..c81c79f37 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/shaders/hairparticle_simulateCS.hlsl
+++ b/WickedEngine/shaders/hairparticle_simulateCS.hlsl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RWBuffer<float4> vertexBuffer_POS : register(u1);
 RWBuffer<float4> vertexBuffer_UVS : register(u2);
 RWBuffer<uint> culledIndexBuffer : register(u3);
 RWStructuredBuffer<IndirectDrawArgsIndexedInstanced> indirectBuffer : register(u4);
-RWStructuredBuffer<float3> vertexBuffer_POS_RT : register(u5);
+RWByteAddressBuffer vertexBuffer_POS_RT : register(u5);
 
 [numthreads(THREADCOUNT_SIMULATEHAIR, 1, 1)]
 void main(uint3 DTid : SV_DispatchThreadID, uint3 Gid : SV_GroupID, uint groupIndex : SV_GroupIndex)
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void main(uint3 DTid : SV_DispatchThreadID, uint3 Gid : SV_GroupID, uint groupIn
 			{
 				position = 0; // We can only zero out for raytracing geometry to keep correct prevpos swapping motion vectors!
 			}
-			vertexBuffer_POS_RT[v0 + vertexID] = position;
+			vertexBuffer_POS_RT.Store<float3>((v0 + vertexID) * sizeof(float3), position);
 		}
 
 		// Frustum culling:
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiHairParticle.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiHairParticle.cpp
index 5f0b6ea8e..096eff1f1 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiHairParticle.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiHairParticle.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace wi
 				AlignTo(vb_pos[1].size, alignment) +
 				AlignTo(vb_uvs.size, alignment) +
 				AlignTo(ib_culled.size, alignment) +
-				AlignTo(AlignTo(vb_pos_raytracing.size, alignment), sizeof(float3))
+				AlignTo(vb_pos_raytracing.size, alignment)
 			;
 			device->CreateBuffer(&bd, nullptr, &generalBuffer);
 			device->SetName(&generalBuffer, "HairParticleSystem::generalBuffer");
@@ -174,11 +174,9 @@ namespace wi
 			ib_culled.descriptor_uav = device->GetDescriptorIndex(&generalBuffer, SubresourceType::UAV, ib_culled.subresource_uav);
 			buffer_offset += ib_culled.size;
 
-			constexpr uint32_t vb_pos_raytracing_stride = sizeof(float3);
 			buffer_offset = AlignTo(buffer_offset, alignment);
-			buffer_offset = AlignTo(buffer_offset, sizeof(float3));
 			vb_pos_raytracing.offset = buffer_offset;
-			vb_pos_raytracing.subresource_uav = device->CreateSubresource(&generalBuffer, SubresourceType::UAV, vb_pos_raytracing.offset, vb_pos_raytracing.size, nullptr, &vb_pos_raytracing_stride);
+			vb_pos_raytracing.subresource_uav = device->CreateSubresource(&generalBuffer, SubresourceType::UAV, vb_pos_raytracing.offset, vb_pos_raytracing.size);
 			vb_pos_raytracing.descriptor_uav = device->GetDescriptorIndex(&generalBuffer, SubresourceType::UAV, vb_pos_raytracing.subresource_uav);
 			buffer_offset += vb_pos_raytracing.size;
 
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp
index 424724abb..e7c29958e 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace wi::version
 	// minor features, major updates, breaking compatibility changes
 	const int minor = 71;
 	// minor bug fixes, alterations, refactors, updates
-	const int revision = 341;
+	const int revision = 342;
 
 	const std::string version_string = std::to_string(major) + "." + std::to_string(minor) + "." + std::to_string(revision);