diff --git a/hyper.h b/hyper.h
index 0d037774..8643ab05 100644
--- a/hyper.h
+++ b/hyper.h
@@ -3589,6 +3589,7 @@ string helptitle(string s, color_t col);
 pair<int, int> cell_to_pair(cell *c);
 extern bool nohud, nofps, nomap;
 
+template<class T> array<T, 4> make_array(T a, T b, T c, T d) { array<T,4> x; x[0] = a; x[1] = b; x[2] = c; x[3] = d; return x; }
 template<class T> array<T, 3> make_array(T a, T b, T c) { array<T,3> x; x[0] = a; x[1] = b; x[2] = c; return x; }
 template<class T> array<T, 2> make_array(T a, T b) { array<T,2> x; x[0] = a; x[1] = b; return x; }
 
@@ -3838,9 +3839,9 @@ namespace glhr {
   
   inline glvertex makevertex(GLfloat x, GLfloat y, GLfloat z) {
     #if SHDIM == 3
-    return glvertex({x,y,z});
+    return make_array(x, y, z);
     #else
-    return glvertex({x,y,z,1});
+    return make_array<GLfloat>(x, y, z, 1);
     #endif
     }
   
diff --git a/sphere.cpp b/sphere.cpp
index aaa9d5db..9e016aa7 100644
--- a/sphere.cpp
+++ b/sphere.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void gen600() {
   
   ld phi = (1 + sqrt(5)) / 2;
   
-  array<ld, 4> coo = {1, phi, 1/phi, 0};
+  array<ld, 4> coo = make_array<ld>(1, phi, 1/phi, 0);
   
   // all permutations
   array<int, 4> tab;
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ void gen600() {
     for(int j=0; j<120; j++) if(inedge[i][j])
     for(int k=0; k<120; k++) if(inedge[i][k] && inedge[k][j])
     for(int l=0; l<120; l++) if(inedge[i][l] && inedge[j][l] && inedge[k][l]) {
-      array<int, 4> ijkl = {i, j, k, l};
+      array<int, 4> ijkl = make_array(i, j, k, l);
       transmatrix T;
       for(int z=0; z<4; z++) set_column(T, z, vertices120[ijkl[z]]);
       if(det(T) > 0) js[i] = ijkl;