LightWave Object file

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LWO Files are 3D model meshes used in the Lego Rock Raiders PC Game. LWO stands for Lightwave Object. LWO files can be opened with a few programs such as Blender, Milkshape and LightWave 3D.

LWO files generally contain the model shape, color, and texture. Model colors can be edited with a Hex-Editing Program by finding the RGB in hexadecimal. The textures are linked in the LWO in strange formats. The only known LWO format that works in Lego Rock Raiders currently is Lightwave 5.x. While many programs can export in this format, full texturing can only be achieved through Lightwave 8, 9, and 10. Lightwave 7 cannot export the textures properly. It appears the LWO texture links are based on their own location: If you create different folders by copying a creature, add that creature to the Lego.cfg file, and change the textures in there, the links somehow recognize that, and the textures will be changed for that creature.