diff --git a/ANX.Framework.TestCenter/AssertHelper.cs b/ANX.Framework.TestCenter/AssertHelper.cs
index 181457ef..cfb007ac 100644
--- a/ANX.Framework.TestCenter/AssertHelper.cs
+++ b/ANX.Framework.TestCenter/AssertHelper.cs
@@ -160,6 +160,18 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.TestCenter
             }
         }
 
+        public static void ConvertEquals(float a, float b, String test)
+        {
+            if (a.Equals(b))
+            {
+                Assert.Pass(test + " passed");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Assert.Fail(String.Format("{0} failed: float a: ({1}) float b: ({2})", test, a, b));
+            }
+        }
+
         public static void ConvertEquals(byte a, byte b, String test)
         {
             if (a == b)
diff --git a/ANX.Framework.TestCenter/Strukturen/PackedVector/HalfSingleTest.cs b/ANX.Framework.TestCenter/Strukturen/PackedVector/HalfSingleTest.cs
index b48efa71..3545a666 100644
--- a/ANX.Framework.TestCenter/Strukturen/PackedVector/HalfSingleTest.cs
+++ b/ANX.Framework.TestCenter/Strukturen/PackedVector/HalfSingleTest.cs
@@ -88,5 +88,13 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.TestCenter.Strukturen.PackedVector
             AssertHelper.ConvertEquals(xnaVal, anxVal, "Constructor1");
         }
 
+        [Test, TestCaseSource("floats")]
+        public void unpack1(float single)
+        {
+            XNAHalfSingle xnaVal = new XNAHalfSingle(single);
+            ANXHalfSingle anxVal = new ANXHalfSingle(single);
+
+            AssertHelper.ConvertEquals(xnaVal.ToSingle(), anxVal.ToSingle(), "unpack1");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ANX.Framework/ANX.Framework.csproj b/ANX.Framework/ANX.Framework.csproj
index 75be7361..56072a4e 100644
--- a/ANX.Framework/ANX.Framework.csproj
+++ b/ANX.Framework/ANX.Framework.csproj
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
     <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
diff --git a/ANX.Framework/Graphics/PackedVector/HalfTypeHelper.cs b/ANX.Framework/Graphics/PackedVector/HalfTypeHelper.cs
index c2809ed1..d1153376 100644
--- a/ANX.Framework/Graphics/PackedVector/HalfTypeHelper.cs
+++ b/ANX.Framework/Graphics/PackedVector/HalfTypeHelper.cs
@@ -125,10 +125,35 @@ namespace ANX.Framework.Graphics.PackedVector
             }
         }
 
-        internal static float convert(UInt16 value)
+        internal static unsafe float convert(ushort value)
         {
-            //TODO: implement
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
+            uint rst;
+            uint mantissa = (uint)(value & 1023);
+            uint exp = 0xfffffff2;
+            
+            if ((value & -33792) == 0)
+            {
+                if (mantissa != 0)
+                {
+                    while ((mantissa & 1024) == 0)
+                    {
+                        exp--;
+                        mantissa = mantissa << 1;
+                    }
+                    mantissa &= 0xfffffbff;
+                    rst = ((uint)(((value & 0x8000) << 16) | ((exp + 127) << 23))) | (mantissa << 13);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    rst = (uint)((value & 0x8000) << 16);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                rst = (uint)((((value & 0x8000) << 16) | (((((value >> 10) & 0x1f) - 15) + 127) << 23)) | (mantissa << 13));
+            }
+
+            return *(((float*)&rst));
         }
     }
 }