diff --git a/mist.lua b/mist.lua
index ce94a48..91848d0 100644
--- a/mist.lua
+++ b/mist.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mist = {}
 -- don't change these
 mist.majorVersion = 4
 mist.minorVersion = 0
-mist.build = 57
+mist.build = 58
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- the main area
@@ -921,7 +921,9 @@ end
 
 function mist.utils.makeVec3(Vec2, y)
 	if not Vec2.z then
-		if not y then
+		if Vec2.alt and not y then
+			y = Vec2.alt
+		elseif not y then
 			y = 0
 		end
 		return {x = Vec2.x, y = y, z = Vec2.y}
@@ -959,9 +961,11 @@ mist.utils.zoneToVec3 = function(zone)
 end
 
 -- gets heading-error corrected direction from point along vector vec.
-function mist.utils.getDir(vec, point)
+function mist.utils.getDir(vec, point, raw)
 	local dir = math.atan2(vec.z, vec.x)
-	dir = dir + mist.getNorthCorrection(point)
+	if not raw then
+		dir = dir + mist.getNorthCorrection(point)
+	end
 	if dir < 0 then
 		dir = dir + 2*math.pi  -- put dir in range of 0 to 2*pi
 	end
diff --git a/rev changelog.txt b/rev changelog.txt
index 7b5e9bb..2c2ea96 100644
--- a/rev changelog.txt	
+++ b/rev changelog.txt	
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+v58
+-added optional variable to mist.utils.getDir() If present this function will return the "raw" heading, this is useful in assigning the heading variable within a task.
+-mist.utils.makeVec3 now supports being given a table in WP format. Specifically it now coverts a table {x, y, alt) to vec3
+
+
 v57
 -fixed bug with groupRandomDistSelf improperly declaring the y variable
 -fixed flagFunc.units_in_moving_zones not checking for a unitNameTable for the zone_units