diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index 0b65f80c21..e29085f428 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -2596,11 +2596,11 @@ CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/downloader')
 CopyAllHeaders('panda/metalibs/pandaexpress')
 
 CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/pipeline')
+CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/linmath')
 CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/putil')
 CopyAllHeaders('dtool/src/prckeys')
 CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/audio')
 CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/event')
-CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/linmath')
 CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/mathutil')
 CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/gsgbase')
 CopyAllHeaders('panda/src/pnmimage')
@@ -3036,6 +3036,25 @@ if (not RUNTIME):
   TargetAdd('libp3pipeline.in', opts=['IMOD:panda3d.core', 'ILIB:libp3pipeline', 'SRCDIR:panda/src/pipeline'])
   TargetAdd('libp3pipeline_igate.obj', input='libp3pipeline.in', opts=["DEPENDENCYONLY"])
 
+#
+# DIRECTORY: panda/src/linmath/
+#
+
+if (not RUNTIME):
+  OPTS=['DIR:panda/src/linmath', 'BUILDING:PANDA']
+  TargetAdd('p3linmath_composite1.obj', opts=OPTS, input='p3linmath_composite1.cxx')
+  TargetAdd('p3linmath_composite2.obj', opts=OPTS, input='p3linmath_composite2.cxx')
+  IGATEFILES=GetDirectoryContents('panda/src/linmath', ["*.h", "*_composite*.cxx"])
+  for ifile in IGATEFILES[:]:
+      if "_src." in ifile:
+          IGATEFILES.remove(ifile)
+  IGATEFILES.remove('cast_to_double.h')
+  IGATEFILES.remove('lmat_ops.h')
+  IGATEFILES.remove('cast_to_float.h')
+  TargetAdd('libp3linmath.in', opts=OPTS, input=IGATEFILES)
+  TargetAdd('libp3linmath.in', opts=['IMOD:panda3d.core', 'ILIB:libp3linmath', 'SRCDIR:panda/src/linmath'])
+  TargetAdd('libp3linmath_igate.obj', input='libp3linmath.in', opts=["DEPENDENCYONLY"])
+
 #
 # DIRECTORY: panda/src/putil/
 #
@@ -3076,25 +3095,6 @@ if (not RUNTIME):
   TargetAdd('libp3event.in', opts=['IMOD:panda3d.core', 'ILIB:libp3event', 'SRCDIR:panda/src/event'])
   TargetAdd('libp3event_igate.obj', input='libp3event.in', opts=["DEPENDENCYONLY"])
 
-#
-# DIRECTORY: panda/src/linmath/
-#
-
-if (not RUNTIME):
-  OPTS=['DIR:panda/src/linmath', 'BUILDING:PANDA']
-  TargetAdd('p3linmath_composite1.obj', opts=OPTS, input='p3linmath_composite1.cxx')
-  TargetAdd('p3linmath_composite2.obj', opts=OPTS, input='p3linmath_composite2.cxx')
-  IGATEFILES=GetDirectoryContents('panda/src/linmath', ["*.h", "*_composite*.cxx"])
-  for ifile in IGATEFILES[:]:
-      if "_src." in ifile:
-          IGATEFILES.remove(ifile)
-  IGATEFILES.remove('cast_to_double.h')
-  IGATEFILES.remove('lmat_ops.h')
-  IGATEFILES.remove('cast_to_float.h')
-  TargetAdd('libp3linmath.in', opts=OPTS, input=IGATEFILES)
-  TargetAdd('libp3linmath.in', opts=['IMOD:panda3d.core', 'ILIB:libp3linmath', 'SRCDIR:panda/src/linmath'])
-  TargetAdd('libp3linmath_igate.obj', input='libp3linmath.in', opts=["DEPENDENCYONLY"])
-
 #
 # DIRECTORY: panda/src/mathutil/
 #
diff --git a/panda/src/event/buttonEventList.h b/panda/src/event/buttonEventList.h
index e470cb8230..ead1a5968c 100644
--- a/panda/src/event/buttonEventList.h
+++ b/panda/src/event/buttonEventList.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class DatagramIterator;
 //               but it may be used anywhere a list of ButtonEvents
 //               is desired.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-class EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT ButtonEventList : public EventStoreValueBase {
+class EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT ButtonEventList : public ParamValueBase {
 public:
   INLINE ButtonEventList();
   INLINE ButtonEventList(const ButtonEventList &copy);
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ protected:
 
 public:
   void fillin(DatagramIterator &scan, BamReader *manager);
-  
+
 public:
   static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
     return _type_handle;
   }
   static void init_type() {
-    EventStoreValueBase::init_type();
+    ParamValueBase::init_type();
     register_type(_type_handle, "ButtonEventList",
-                  EventStoreValueBase::get_class_type());
+                  ParamValueBase::get_class_type());
   }
   virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
     return get_class_type();
diff --git a/panda/src/event/config_event.cxx b/panda/src/event/config_event.cxx
index 1b241f462d..1ceaf7572a 100644
--- a/panda/src/event/config_event.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/event/config_event.cxx
@@ -42,12 +42,8 @@ ConfigureFn(config_event) {
   PointerEventList::init_type();
   Event::init_type();
   EventHandler::init_type();
-  EventStoreValueBase::init_type();
   EventStoreInt::init_type("EventStoreInt");
   EventStoreDouble::init_type("EventStoreDouble");
-  EventStoreString::init_type("EventStoreString");
-  EventStoreWstring::init_type("EventStoreWstring");
-  EventStoreTypedRefCount::init_type();
   GenericAsyncTask::init_type();
 #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
   PythonTask::init_type();
@@ -56,6 +52,4 @@ ConfigureFn(config_event) {
   ButtonEventList::register_with_read_factory();
   EventStoreInt::register_with_read_factory();
   EventStoreDouble::register_with_read_factory();
-  EventStoreString::register_with_read_factory();
 }
-
diff --git a/panda/src/event/eventParameter.I b/panda/src/event/eventParameter.I
index d6e65cd95f..9f92511566 100644
--- a/panda/src/event/eventParameter.I
+++ b/panda/src/event/eventParameter.I
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
-
-template<class Type>
-TypeHandle EventStoreValue<Type>::_type_handle;
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: EventParameter::Default constructor
 //       Access: Published
@@ -299,175 +295,3 @@ operator << (ostream &out, const EventParameter &param) {
   param.output(out);
   return out;
 }
-
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValueBase::Constructor
-//       Access: Public
-//  Description: 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-INLINE EventStoreValueBase::
-EventStoreValueBase() {
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreTypedRefCount::Constructor
-//       Access: Published
-//  Description: 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-INLINE EventStoreTypedRefCount::
-EventStoreTypedRefCount(const TypedReferenceCount *value) : 
-  _value((TypedReferenceCount *)value) 
-{
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreTypedRefCount::set_value
-//       Access: Published
-//  Description: Changes the value stored in the parameter.  It is
-//               dangerous to do this for a parameter already added to
-//               an event, since the parameters may be shared.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-INLINE void EventStoreTypedRefCount::
-set_value(const TypedReferenceCount *value) {
-  _value = (TypedReferenceCount *)value;
-}
-
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreTypedRefCount::get_value
-//       Access: Published
-//  Description: Retrieves the value stored in the parameter.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-INLINE TypedReferenceCount *EventStoreTypedRefCount::
-get_value() const {
-  return _value;
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::Default Constructor
-//       Access: Private
-//  Description: This constructor is only for make_from_bam().
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-EventStoreValue<Type>::
-EventStoreValue() {
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::Constructor
-//       Access: Public
-//  Description: 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-EventStoreValue<Type>::
-EventStoreValue(const Type &value) : 
-  _value(value) 
-{
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::Destructor
-//       Access: Public, Virtual
-//  Description: 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-EventStoreValue<Type>::
-~EventStoreValue() {
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::set_value
-//       Access: Public
-//  Description: Changes the value stored in the parameter.  It is
-//               dangerous to do this for a parameter already added to
-//               an event, since the parameters may be shared.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-INLINE void EventStoreValue<Type>::
-set_value(const Type &value) {
-  _value = value;
-}
-
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::get_value
-//       Access: Public
-//  Description: Retrieves the value stored in the parameter.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-INLINE const Type &EventStoreValue<Type>::
-get_value() const {
-  return _value;
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::output
-//       Access: Public, Virtual
-//  Description: 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-void EventStoreValue<Type>::
-output(ostream &out) const {
-  out << _value;
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::register_with_read_factory
-//       Access: Public, Static
-//  Description: Tells the BamReader how to create objects of type
-//               Lens.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-void EventStoreValue<Type>::
-register_with_read_factory() {
-  BamReader::get_factory()->register_factory(get_class_type(), make_from_bam);
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::write_datagram
-//       Access: Public, Virtual
-//  Description: Writes the contents of this object to the datagram
-//               for shipping out to a Bam file.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-void EventStoreValue<Type>::
-write_datagram(BamWriter *manager, Datagram &dg) {
-  TypedWritable::write_datagram(manager, dg);
-  generic_write_datagram(dg, _value);
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::make_from_bam
-//       Access: Protected, Static
-//  Description: This function is called by the BamReader's factory
-//               when a new object of type Lens is encountered
-//               in the Bam file.  It should create the Lens
-//               and extract its information from the file.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-TypedWritable *EventStoreValue<Type>::
-make_from_bam(const FactoryParams &params) {
-  EventStoreValue<Type> *esv = new EventStoreValue<Type>;
-  DatagramIterator scan;
-  BamReader *manager;
-
-  parse_params(params, scan, manager);
-  esv->fillin(scan, manager);
-
-  return esv;
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValue::fillin
-//       Access: Protected
-//  Description: This internal function is called by make_from_bam to
-//               read in all of the relevant data from the BamFile for
-//               the new Lens.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-void EventStoreValue<Type>::
-fillin(DatagramIterator &scan, BamReader *manager) {
-  TypedWritable::fillin(scan, manager);
-  generic_read_datagram(_value, scan);
-}
diff --git a/panda/src/event/eventParameter.cxx b/panda/src/event/eventParameter.cxx
index 3663d37f74..76bef88f9b 100644
--- a/panda/src/event/eventParameter.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/event/eventParameter.cxx
@@ -20,21 +20,18 @@
 #pragma implementation
 #endif
 
-TypeHandle EventStoreValueBase::_type_handle;
-TypeHandle EventStoreTypedRefCount::_type_handle;
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: EventParameter::output
 //       Access: Published
-//  Description: 
+//  Description:
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void EventParameter::
 output(ostream &out) const {
   if (_ptr == (TypedWritableReferenceCount *)NULL) {
     out << "(empty)";
 
-  } else if (_ptr->is_of_type(EventStoreValueBase::get_class_type())) {
-    const EventStoreValueBase *sv_ptr;
+  } else if (_ptr->is_of_type(ParamValueBase::get_class_type())) {
+    const ParamValueBase *sv_ptr;
     DCAST_INTO_V(sv_ptr, _ptr);
     sv_ptr->output(out);
 
@@ -42,36 +39,3 @@ output(ostream &out) const {
     out << _ptr->get_type();
   }
 }
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreValueBase::Destructor
-//       Access: Published, Virtual
-//  Description: 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-EventStoreValueBase::
-~EventStoreValueBase() {
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreTypedRefCount::Destructor
-//       Access: Published, Virtual
-//  Description: 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-EventStoreTypedRefCount::
-~EventStoreTypedRefCount() {
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: EventStoreTypedRefCount::output
-//       Access: Published, Virtual
-//  Description: 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-void EventStoreTypedRefCount::
-output(ostream &out) const {
-  if (_value == (TypedReferenceCount *)NULL) {
-    out << "(empty)";
-
-  } else {
-    out << _value->get_type();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/panda/src/event/eventParameter.h b/panda/src/event/eventParameter.h
index 4cdf1ddd8b..e44e5be9df 100644
--- a/panda/src/event/eventParameter.h
+++ b/panda/src/event/eventParameter.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "pointerTo.h"
 #include "bamReader.h"
 #include "bamWriter.h"
+#include "paramValue.h"
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //       Class : EventParameter
@@ -32,8 +33,7 @@
 //               object, which of course could be pretty much
 //               anything.  To store a simple value like a double or a
 //               string, the EventParameter constructors transparently
-//               use the EventStoreValue template class, defined
-//               below.
+//               use the ParamValue template class from paramValue.h.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 class EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT EventParameter {
 PUBLISHED:
@@ -77,138 +77,15 @@ private:
 
 INLINE ostream &operator << (ostream &out, const EventParameter &param);
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//       Class : EventStoreValueBase
-// Description : A non-template base class of EventStoreValue (below),
-//               which serves mainly to define the placeholder for the
-//               virtual output function.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-class EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT EventStoreValueBase : public TypedWritableReferenceCount {
-public:
-  INLINE EventStoreValueBase();
+typedef ParamTypedRefCount EventStoreTypedRefCount;
 
-PUBLISHED:
-  virtual ~EventStoreValueBase();
-  virtual void output(ostream &out) const=0;
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT, EXPTP_PANDA_EVENT, ParamValue<int>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT, EXPTP_PANDA_EVENT, ParamValue<double>);
 
-public:
-  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
-    return get_class_type();
-  }
-  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {init_type(); return get_class_type();}
-  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
-    return _type_handle;
-  }
-  static void init_type() {
-    TypedWritableReferenceCount::init_type();
-    register_type(_type_handle, "EventStoreValueBase",
-                  TypedWritableReferenceCount::get_class_type());
-  }
-
-private:
-  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
-};
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//       Class : EventStoreTypedRefCount
-// Description : A class object for storing specifically objects of
-//               type TypedReferenceCount, which is different than
-//               TypedWritableReferenceCount.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-class EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT EventStoreTypedRefCount : public EventStoreValueBase {
-PUBLISHED:
-  INLINE EventStoreTypedRefCount(const TypedReferenceCount *value);
-  virtual ~EventStoreTypedRefCount();
-
-  INLINE void set_value(const TypedReferenceCount *value);
-  INLINE TypedReferenceCount *get_value() const;
-
-  virtual void output(ostream &out) const;
-
-public:
-  PT(TypedReferenceCount) _value;
-
-public:
-  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
-    return get_class_type();
-  }
-  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {init_type(); return get_class_type();}
-  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
-    return _type_handle;
-  }
-  static void init_type() {
-    EventStoreValueBase::init_type();
-    register_type(_type_handle, "EventStoreTypedRefCount",
-                  EventStoreValueBase::get_class_type());
-  }
-
-private:
-  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
-};
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//       Class : EventStoreValue
-// Description : A handy class object for storing simple values (like
-//               integers or strings) passed along with an Event.
-//               This is essentially just a wrapper around whatever
-//               data type you like, to make it a
-//               TypedWritableReferenceCount object which can be
-//               passed along inside an EventParameter.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template<class Type>
-class EventStoreValue : public EventStoreValueBase {
-private:
-  INLINE EventStoreValue();
-public:
-  INLINE EventStoreValue(const Type &value);
-  virtual ~EventStoreValue();
-
-  INLINE void set_value(const Type &value);
-  INLINE const Type &get_value() const;
-
-  virtual void output(ostream &out) const;
-
-  Type _value;
-
-public:
-  static void register_with_read_factory();
-  virtual void write_datagram(BamWriter *manager, Datagram &dg);
-
-protected:
-  static TypedWritable *make_from_bam(const FactoryParams &params);
-  void fillin(DatagramIterator &scan, BamReader *manager);
-
-public:
-  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
-    return _type_handle;
-  }
-  static void init_type(const string &type_name = "UndefinedEventStoreValue") {
-    EventStoreValueBase::init_type();
-    _type_handle = register_dynamic_type
-      (type_name, EventStoreValueBase::get_class_type());
-  }
-  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
-    return get_class_type();
-  }
-  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {
-    // In this case, we can't do anything, since we don't have the
-    // class' type_name.
-    return get_class_type();
-  }
-
-private:
-  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
-};
-
-EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT, EXPTP_PANDA_EVENT, EventStoreValue<int>);
-EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT, EXPTP_PANDA_EVENT, EventStoreValue<double>);
-EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT, EXPTP_PANDA_EVENT, EventStoreValue<std::string>);
-EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT, EXPTP_PANDA_EVENT, EventStoreValue<std::wstring>);
-
-typedef EventStoreValue<int> EventStoreInt;
-typedef EventStoreValue<double> EventStoreDouble;
-typedef EventStoreValue<string> EventStoreString;
-typedef EventStoreValue<wstring> EventStoreWstring;
+typedef ParamValue<int> EventStoreInt;
+typedef ParamValue<double> EventStoreDouble;
+typedef ParamString EventStoreString;
+typedef ParamWstring EventStoreWstring;
 
 #include "eventParameter.I"
 
@@ -218,4 +95,3 @@ typedef EventStoreValue<wstring> EventStoreWstring;
 #endif
 
 #endif
-
diff --git a/panda/src/event/pointerEventList.h b/panda/src/event/pointerEventList.h
index 7c84462f40..dd0c6a765e 100644
--- a/panda/src/event/pointerEventList.h
+++ b/panda/src/event/pointerEventList.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class DatagramIterator;
 //               but it may be used anywhere a list of PointerEvents
 //               is desired.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-class EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT PointerEventList : public EventStoreValueBase {
+class EXPCL_PANDA_EVENT PointerEventList : public ParamValueBase {
 PUBLISHED:
   INLINE PointerEventList();
 
@@ -53,16 +53,15 @@ PUBLISHED:
   INLINE void   clear();
   INLINE void   pop_front();
   void   add_event(bool in_win, int xpos, int ypos, int seq, double time);
-  
+
   bool   encircles(int x, int y) const;
   double total_turns(double sec) const;
   double match_pattern(const string &pattern, double rot, double seglen);
-  
+
 public:
   INLINE PointerEventList(const PointerEventList &copy);
   INLINE void operator = (const PointerEventList &copy);
 
-
   virtual void output(ostream &out) const;
   void write(ostream &out, int indent_level = 0) const;
 
@@ -76,9 +75,9 @@ public:
     return _type_handle;
   }
   static void init_type() {
-    EventStoreValueBase::init_type();
+    ParamValueBase::init_type();
     register_type(_type_handle, "PointerEventList",
-                  EventStoreValueBase::get_class_type());
+                  ParamValueBase::get_class_type());
   }
   virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
     return get_class_type();
diff --git a/panda/src/mathutil/config_mathutil.cxx b/panda/src/mathutil/config_mathutil.cxx
index 7b912f13d3..598c83b112 100644
--- a/panda/src/mathutil/config_mathutil.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/mathutil/config_mathutil.cxx
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "boundingPlane.h"
 #include "unionBoundingVolume.h"
 #include "intersectionBoundingVolume.h"
-#include "linmath_events.h"
 #include "dconfig.h"
 #include "pandaSystem.h"
 
@@ -80,17 +79,9 @@ init_libmathutil() {
   IntersectionBoundingVolume::init_type();
   BoundingLine::init_type();
   BoundingPlane::init_type();
-  EventStoreVec2::init_type("EventStoreVec2");
-  EventStoreVec3::init_type("EventStoreVec3");
-  EventStoreMat4::init_type("EventStoreMat4");
-
-  EventStoreVec2::register_with_read_factory();
-  EventStoreVec3::register_with_read_factory();
-  EventStoreMat4::register_with_read_factory();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FFTW
   PandaSystem *ps = PandaSystem::get_global_ptr();
   ps->add_system("fftw");
 #endif  // FFTW
 }
-
diff --git a/panda/src/mathutil/linmath_events.h b/panda/src/mathutil/linmath_events.h
index 2e24b302ea..fbb38dfa46 100644
--- a/panda/src/mathutil/linmath_events.h
+++ b/panda/src/mathutil/linmath_events.h
@@ -17,29 +17,22 @@
 
 #include "pandabase.h"
 
-#include "eventParameter.h"
+#include "paramValue.h"
 #include "luse.h"
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // This file defines a few more EventStore classes for storing linmath
-// objects in an EventParameter.  We can't define this with the other
-// EventStore classes, because linmath hasn't been defined yet at that
-// point.
+// objects in an EventParameter.  These are just for backward
+// compatibility; they are defined as typedefs to ParamVecBase types.
 //
-// See eventParameter.h.
+// See paramValue.h.
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-
-EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_MATHUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_MATHUTIL, EventStoreValue<LVecBase2>);
-EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_MATHUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_MATHUTIL, EventStoreValue<LVecBase3>);
-EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_MATHUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_MATHUTIL, EventStoreValue<LMatrix4>);
-
-typedef EventStoreValue<LVecBase2> EventStoreVec2;
-typedef EventStoreValue<LVecBase3> EventStoreVec3;
-typedef EventStoreValue<LMatrix4> EventStoreMat4;
-
+typedef ParamVecBase2 EventStoreVec2;
+typedef ParamVecBase3 EventStoreVec3;
+typedef ParamMatrix4 EventStoreMat4;
 
 // Tell GCC that we'll take care of the instantiation explicitly here.
 #ifdef __GNUC__
diff --git a/panda/src/pgraph/eventStorePandaNode.h b/panda/src/pgraph/eventStorePandaNode.h
index 9495e294d7..b71636c79c 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgraph/eventStorePandaNode.h
+++ b/panda/src/pgraph/eventStorePandaNode.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 // Description : A class object for storing specifically objects of
 //               type PandaNode.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-class EXPCL_PANDA_PGRAPH EventStorePandaNode : public EventStoreValueBase {
+class EXPCL_PANDA_PGRAPH EventStorePandaNode : public ParamValueBase {
 PUBLISHED:
   INLINE EventStorePandaNode(const PandaNode *value);
   virtual ~EventStorePandaNode();
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ public:
     return _type_handle;
   }
   static void init_type() {
-    EventStoreValueBase::init_type();
+    ParamValueBase::init_type();
     register_type(_type_handle, "EventStorePandaNode",
-                  EventStoreValueBase::get_class_type());
+                  ParamValueBase::get_class_type());
   }
 
 private:
diff --git a/panda/src/putil/Sources.pp b/panda/src/putil/Sources.pp
index 7e98890b70..e36adb2670 100644
--- a/panda/src/putil/Sources.pp
+++ b/panda/src/putil/Sources.pp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define OTHER_LIBS p3interrogatedb:c p3dconfig:c p3dtoolconfig:m \
                   p3dtoolutil:c p3dtoolbase:c p3dtool:m p3prc:c
-#define LOCAL_LIBS p3pipeline p3express p3pandabase
+#define LOCAL_LIBS p3pipeline p3linmath p3express p3pandabase
 #define USE_PACKAGES zlib
 
 #begin lib_target
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     modifierButtons.I modifierButtons.h mouseButton.h \
     mouseData.I mouseData.h nameUniquifier.I nameUniquifier.h \
     nodeCachedReferenceCount.h nodeCachedReferenceCount.I \
+    paramValue.I paramValue.h \
     pbitops.I pbitops.h \
     portalMask.h \
     pta_ushort.h \
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@
     modifierButtons.cxx mouseButton.cxx mouseData.cxx \
     nameUniquifier.cxx \
     nodeCachedReferenceCount.cxx \
+    paramValue.cxx \
     pbitops.cxx \
     pta_ushort.cxx \
     pythonCallbackObject.cxx \
@@ -167,8 +169,9 @@
     modifierButtons.h mouseButton.h mouseData.I mouseData.h \
     nameUniquifier.I nameUniquifier.h \
     nodeCachedReferenceCount.h nodeCachedReferenceCount.I \
-    portalMask.h \
+    paramValue.I paramValue.h \
     pbitops.I pbitops.h \
+    portalMask.h \
     pta_ushort.h \
     pythonCallbackObject.h pythonCallbackObject.I \
     simpleHashMap.I simpleHashMap.h \
diff --git a/panda/src/putil/config_util.cxx b/panda/src/putil/config_util.cxx
index a8c68a6f42..a6ef2bcb70 100644
--- a/panda/src/putil/config_util.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/putil/config_util.cxx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "factoryParam.h"
 #include "namable.h"
 #include "nodeCachedReferenceCount.h"
+#include "paramValue.h"
 #include "pythonCallbackObject.h"
 #include "referenceCount.h"
 #include "sparseArray.h"
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ ConfigVariableEnum<BamEnums::BamEndian> bam_endian
           "particular platform."));
 
 ConfigVariableBool bam_stdfloat_double
-("bam-stdfloat-double", 
+("bam-stdfloat-double",
 #ifdef STDFLOAT_DOUBLE
  true,
 #else
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ ConfigVariableBool bam_stdfloat_double
 #endif
  PRC_DESC("The default width of floating-point numbers to write to a bam "
           "file.  Set this true to force doubles (64-bit floats), or false "
-          "to force sinles (32-bit floats).  The default is whichever width "
+          "to force singles (32-bit floats).  The default is whichever width "
           "Panda has been compiled to use natively.  Normally, this setting "
           "should not be changed from the default."));
 
@@ -79,8 +80,6 @@ ConfigVariableEnum<BamEnums::BamTextureMode> bam_texture_mode
  PRC_DESC("Set this to specify how textures should be written into Bam files."
           "See the panda source or documentation for available options."));
 
-
-
 ConfigureFn(config_util) {
   init_libputil();
 }
@@ -200,6 +199,23 @@ init_libputil() {
   FactoryParam::init_type();
   Namable::init_type();
   NodeCachedReferenceCount::init_type();
+  ParamMatrix3d::init_type("ParamMatrix3d");
+  ParamMatrix3f::init_type("ParamMatrix3f");
+  ParamMatrix4d::init_type("ParamMatrix4d");
+  ParamMatrix4f::init_type("ParamMatrix4f");
+  ParamString::init_type("ParamString");
+  ParamTypedRefCount::init_type();
+  ParamValueBase::init_type();
+  ParamVecBase2d::init_type("ParamVecBase2d");
+  ParamVecBase2f::init_type("ParamVecBase2f");
+  ParamVecBase2i::init_type("ParamVecBase2i");
+  ParamVecBase3d::init_type("ParamVecBase3d");
+  ParamVecBase3f::init_type("ParamVecBase3f");
+  ParamVecBase3i::init_type("ParamVecBase3i");
+  ParamVecBase4f::init_type("ParamVecBase4f");
+  ParamVecBase4d::init_type("ParamVecBase4d");
+  ParamVecBase4i::init_type("ParamVecBase4i");
+  ParamWstring::init_type("ParamWstring");
 #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
   PythonCallbackObject::init_type();
 #endif
@@ -218,4 +234,19 @@ init_libputil() {
 
   BamCacheIndex::register_with_read_factory();
   BamCacheRecord::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamMatrix3d::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamMatrix3f::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamMatrix4d::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamMatrix4f::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamString::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamVecBase2d::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamVecBase2f::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamVecBase2i::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamVecBase3d::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamVecBase3f::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamVecBase3i::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamVecBase4d::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamVecBase4f::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamVecBase4i::register_with_read_factory();
+  ParamWstring::register_with_read_factory();
 }
diff --git a/panda/src/putil/p3putil_composite2.cxx b/panda/src/putil/p3putil_composite2.cxx
index 9cae69467c..bb0b5fea5a 100644
--- a/panda/src/putil/p3putil_composite2.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/putil/p3putil_composite2.cxx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "mouseData.cxx"
 #include "nameUniquifier.cxx"
 #include "nodeCachedReferenceCount.cxx"
+#include "paramValue.cxx"
 #include "pbitops.cxx"
 #include "pta_ushort.cxx"
 #include "pythonCallbackObject.cxx"
diff --git a/panda/src/putil/paramValue.I b/panda/src/putil/paramValue.I
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30846fe300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panda/src/putil/paramValue.I
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+// Filename: paramValue.I
+// Created by:  drose (08Feb99)
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
+// Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
+//
+// All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
+// license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
+// with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+template<class Type>
+TypeHandle ParamValue<Type>::_type_handle;
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValueBase::Constructor
+//       Access: Public
+//  Description: 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE ParamValueBase::
+ParamValueBase() {
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValueBase::get_value_type
+//       Access: Published, Virtual
+//  Description: Returns the type of the underlying value.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE TypeHandle ParamValueBase::
+get_value_type() const {
+  return TypeHandle::none();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamTypedRefCount::Constructor
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description:
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE ParamTypedRefCount::
+ParamTypedRefCount(const TypedReferenceCount *value) :
+  _value((TypedReferenceCount *)value)
+{
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamTypedRefCount::get_value_type
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Retrieves the type of the value stored in the
+//               parameter.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE TypeHandle ParamTypedRefCount::
+get_value_type() const {
+  if (_value == NULL) {
+    return TypeHandle::none();
+  } else {
+    return _value->get_type();
+  }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamTypedRefCount::get_value
+//       Access: Published
+//  Description: Retrieves the value stored in the parameter.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+INLINE TypedReferenceCount *ParamTypedRefCount::
+get_value() const {
+  return _value;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::Constructor
+//       Access: Protected
+//  Description:
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE ParamValue<Type>::
+ParamValue() {}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::Constructor
+//       Access: Public
+//  Description:
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE ParamValue<Type>::
+ParamValue(const Type &value) :
+  _value(value)
+{
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::Destructor
+//       Access: Public, Virtual
+//  Description:
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE ParamValue<Type>::
+~ParamValue() {
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::get_value_type
+//       Access: Public, Virtual
+//  Description: Retrieves the type of the value stored in the
+//               parameter.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE TypeHandle ParamValue<Type>::
+get_value_type() const {
+  return get_type_handle(Type);
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::set_value
+//       Access: Public, Virtual
+//  Description: Changes the value stored in the parameter.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE void ParamValue<Type>::
+set_value(const Type &type) {
+  _value = type;
+  mark_bam_modified();
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::get_value
+//       Access: Public
+//  Description: Retrieves the value stored in the parameter.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE const Type &ParamValue<Type>::
+get_value() const {
+  return _value;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::output
+//       Access: Public, Virtual
+//  Description:
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE void ParamValue<Type>::
+output(ostream &out) const {
+  out << _value;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::register_with_read_factory
+//       Access: Public, Static
+//  Description: Tells the BamReader how to create objects of type
+//               ParamValue.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE void ParamValue<Type>::
+register_with_read_factory() {
+  BamReader::get_factory()->register_factory(get_class_type(), make_from_bam);
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::write_datagram
+//       Access: Public, Virtual
+//  Description: Writes the contents of this object to the datagram
+//               for shipping out to a Bam file.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE void ParamValue<Type>::
+write_datagram(BamWriter *manager, Datagram &dg) {
+  TypedWritable::write_datagram(manager, dg);
+  generic_write_datagram(dg, _value);
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::make_from_bam
+//       Access: Protected, Static
+//  Description: This function is called by the BamReader's factory
+//               when a new object of type ParamValue is encountered
+//               in the Bam file.  It should create the ParamValue
+//               and extract its information from the file.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE TypedWritable *ParamValue<Type>::
+make_from_bam(const FactoryParams &params) {
+  ParamValue<Type> *esv = new ParamValue<Type>;
+  DatagramIterator scan;
+  BamReader *manager;
+
+  parse_params(params, scan, manager);
+  esv->fillin(scan, manager);
+
+  return esv;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValue::fillin
+//       Access: Protected
+//  Description: This internal function is called by make_from_bam to
+//               read in all of the relevant data from the BamFile for
+//               the new ParamValue.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+INLINE void ParamValue<Type>::
+fillin(DatagramIterator &scan, BamReader *manager) {
+  TypedWritable::fillin(scan, manager);
+  generic_read_datagram(_value, scan);
+}
diff --git a/panda/src/putil/paramValue.cxx b/panda/src/putil/paramValue.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8482dc409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panda/src/putil/paramValue.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Filename: paramValue.cxx
+// Created by:  drose (08Feb99)
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
+// Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
+//
+// All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
+// license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
+// with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include "paramValue.h"
+#include "dcast.h"
+
+// Tell GCC that we'll take care of the instantiation explicitly here.
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma implementation
+#endif
+
+TypeHandle ParamValueBase::_type_handle;
+TypeHandle ParamTypedRefCount::_type_handle;
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamValueBase::Destructor
+//       Access: Published, Virtual
+//  Description:
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ParamValueBase::
+~ParamValueBase() {
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamTypedRefCount::Destructor
+//       Access: Published, Virtual
+//  Description:
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ParamTypedRefCount::
+~ParamTypedRefCount() {
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: ParamTypedRefCount::output
+//       Access: Published, Virtual
+//  Description:
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+void ParamTypedRefCount::
+output(ostream &out) const {
+  if (_value == (TypedReferenceCount *)NULL) {
+    out << "(empty)";
+
+  } else {
+    out << _value->get_type();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/panda/src/putil/paramValue.h b/panda/src/putil/paramValue.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..694c34529d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panda/src/putil/paramValue.h
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+// Filename: paramValue.h
+// Created by:  drose (08Feb99)
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
+// Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
+//
+// All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
+// license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
+// with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef PARAMVALUE_H
+#define PARAMVALUE_H
+
+#include "pandabase.h"
+
+#include "typedef.h"
+#include "typedObject.h"
+#include "typedWritableReferenceCount.h"
+#include "pointerTo.h"
+#include "bamReader.h"
+#include "bamWriter.h"
+#include "luse.h"
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//       Class : ParamValueBase
+// Description : A non-template base class of ParamValue (below),
+//               which serves mainly to define the placeholder for the
+//               virtual output function.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+class EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL ParamValueBase : public TypedWritableReferenceCount {
+public:
+  INLINE ParamValueBase();
+
+PUBLISHED:
+  virtual ~ParamValueBase();
+  INLINE virtual TypeHandle get_value_type() const;
+  virtual void output(ostream &out) const=0;
+
+public:
+  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
+    return get_class_type();
+  }
+  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {init_type(); return get_class_type();}
+  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
+    return _type_handle;
+  }
+  static void init_type() {
+    TypedWritableReferenceCount::init_type();
+    register_type(_type_handle, "ParamValueBase",
+                  TypedWritableReferenceCount::get_class_type());
+  }
+
+private:
+  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
+};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//       Class : ParamTypedRefCount
+// Description : A class object for storing specifically objects of
+//               type TypedReferenceCount, which is different than
+//               TypedWritableReferenceCount.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+class EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL ParamTypedRefCount : public ParamValueBase {
+PUBLISHED:
+  INLINE ParamTypedRefCount(const TypedReferenceCount *value);
+  virtual ~ParamTypedRefCount();
+
+  INLINE virtual TypeHandle get_value_type() const;
+  INLINE TypedReferenceCount *get_value() const;
+
+  virtual void output(ostream &out) const;
+
+private:
+  PT(TypedReferenceCount) _value;
+
+public:
+  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
+    return get_class_type();
+  }
+  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {init_type(); return get_class_type();}
+  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
+    return _type_handle;
+  }
+  static void init_type() {
+    ParamValueBase::init_type();
+    register_type(_type_handle, "ParamTypedRefCount",
+                  ParamValueBase::get_class_type());
+  }
+
+private:
+  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
+};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//       Class : ParamValue
+// Description : A handy class object for storing simple values (like
+//               integers or strings) passed along with an Event
+//               or to be used as a shader input.
+//               This is essentially just a wrapper around whatever
+//               data type you like, to make it a
+//               TypedWritableReferenceCount object which can be
+//               passed along inside an EventParameter or ShaderInput.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Type>
+class ParamValue : public ParamValueBase {
+protected:
+  INLINE ParamValue();
+
+PUBLISHED:
+  INLINE ParamValue(const Type &value);
+  INLINE virtual ~ParamValue();
+
+  INLINE virtual TypeHandle get_value_type() const;
+  INLINE void set_value(const Type &value);
+  INLINE const Type &get_value() const;
+
+  INLINE virtual void output(ostream &out) const;
+
+private:
+  Type _value;
+
+public:
+  INLINE static void register_with_read_factory();
+  INLINE virtual void write_datagram(BamWriter *manager, Datagram &dg);
+
+protected:
+  INLINE static TypedWritable *make_from_bam(const FactoryParams &params);
+  INLINE void fillin(DatagramIterator &scan, BamReader *manager);
+
+public:
+  static TypeHandle get_class_type() {
+    return _type_handle;
+  }
+  static void init_type(const string &type_name = "UndefinedParamValue") {
+    ParamValueBase::init_type();
+    _type_handle = register_dynamic_type
+      (type_name, ParamValueBase::get_class_type());
+  }
+  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
+    return get_class_type();
+  }
+  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {
+    // In this case, we can't do anything, since we don't have the
+    // class' type_name.
+    return get_class_type();
+  }
+
+private:
+  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
+};
+
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<std::string>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<std::wstring>);
+
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LVecBase2d>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LVecBase2f>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LVecBase2i>);
+
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LVecBase3d>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LVecBase3f>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LVecBase3i>);
+
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LVecBase4d>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LVecBase4f>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LVecBase4i>);
+
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LMatrix3d>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LMatrix3f>);
+
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LMatrix4d>);
+EXPORT_TEMPLATE_CLASS(EXPCL_PANDA_PUTIL, EXPTP_PANDA_PUTIL, ParamValue<LMatrix4f>);
+
+typedef ParamValue<string> ParamString;
+typedef ParamValue<wstring> ParamWstring;
+
+typedef ParamValue<LVecBase2d> ParamVecBase2d;
+typedef ParamValue<LVecBase2f> ParamVecBase2f;
+typedef ParamValue<LVecBase2i> ParamVecBase2i;
+
+typedef ParamValue<LVecBase3d> ParamVecBase3d;
+typedef ParamValue<LVecBase3f> ParamVecBase3f;
+typedef ParamValue<LVecBase3i> ParamVecBase3i;
+
+typedef ParamValue<LVecBase4d> ParamVecBase4d;
+typedef ParamValue<LVecBase4f> ParamVecBase4f;
+typedef ParamValue<LVecBase4i> ParamVecBase4i;
+
+typedef ParamValue<LMatrix3d> ParamMatrix3d;
+typedef ParamValue<LMatrix3f> ParamMatrix3f;
+
+typedef ParamValue<LMatrix4d> ParamMatrix4d;
+typedef ParamValue<LMatrix4f> ParamMatrix4f;
+
+#ifdef STDFLOAT_DOUBLE
+typedef ParamVecBase2d ParamVecBase2;
+typedef ParamVecBase3d ParamVecBase3;
+typedef ParamVecBase4d ParamVecBase4;
+
+typedef ParamMatrix3d ParamMatrix3;
+typedef ParamMatrix4d ParamMatrix4;
+#else
+typedef ParamVecBase2f ParamVecBase2;
+typedef ParamVecBase3f ParamVecBase3;
+typedef ParamVecBase4f ParamVecBase4;
+
+typedef ParamMatrix3f ParamMatrix3;
+typedef ParamMatrix4f ParamMatrix4;
+#endif
+
+#include "paramValue.I"
+
+// Tell GCC that we'll take care of the instantiation explicitly here.
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#pragma interface
+#endif
+
+#endif