diff --git a/dCommon/LevelFile.cpp b/dCommon/LevelFile.cpp
index ddf13bc9e..7a2b0819a 100644
--- a/dCommon/LevelFile.cpp
+++ b/dCommon/LevelFile.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,15 @@ void LevelFile::ReadSceneObjectDataChunk(std::istream& file, uint32_t version) {
 		BinaryIO::BinaryRead(file, obj.rotation);
 		BinaryIO::BinaryRead(file, obj.scale);
 		BinaryIO::ReadString<uint32_t>(file, ldfString);
-		BinaryIO::BinaryRead(file, obj.value3);
+		// From version 7 the object's render techniques: a count, and when there are any a 64 byte header and 133 bytes
+		// each (64 byte name, u32, u8, 16 floats) (ReadLvlObjectData)
+		if (version > 6) {
+			BinaryIO::BinaryRead(file, obj.renderTechniqueCount);
+			if (obj.renderTechniqueCount != 0) {
+				std::string techniques(64 + static_cast<size_t>(obj.renderTechniqueCount) * (64 + 4 + 1 + 64), '\0');
+				file.read(techniques.data(), static_cast<std::streamsize>(techniques.size()));
+			}
+		}
 		if (file.fail()) throw std::runtime_error("Failed to read from istream.");
 
 		for (const auto& token : GeneralUtils::SplitString(GeneralUtils::UTF16ToWTF8(ldfString), '\n')) {
diff --git a/dCommon/LevelFile.h b/dCommon/LevelFile.h
index daaad1c9d..c0631df6d 100644
--- a/dCommon/LevelFile.h
+++ b/dCommon/LevelFile.h
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 struct SceneObject {
 	LWOOBJID id;
 	LOT lot;
-	uint32_t nodeType;
-	uint32_t glomId;
+	uint32_t nodeType = 1; // the client's default when the file has none, or one outside 0-10
+	uint32_t glomId = 1;
 	NiPoint3 position;
 	NiQuaternion rotation = QuatUtils::IDENTITY;
 	float scale = 1.0f;
-	uint32_t value3;
+	uint32_t renderTechniqueCount{};
 	LwoNameValue settings;
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/dCommonTests/ZoneFileTests.cpp b/tests/dCommonTests/ZoneFileTests.cpp
index 6161162c5..98fa0db05 100644
--- a/tests/dCommonTests/ZoneFileTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dCommonTests/ZoneFileTests.cpp
@@ -451,6 +451,29 @@ TEST(LevelFileTests, ReadsFilesWithoutChunks) {
 	EXPECT_EQ(level.chunkHeaders.count(LevelFile::SceneObjectData), 1u);
 }
 
+// An object's render techniques (from version 7) are skipped; the fields a file has no room for get the client's defaults
+TEST(LevelFileTests, ReadsObjectsAsTheClient) {
+	ZoneBytes w;
+	w.Put<uint16_t>(30).Put<uint16_t>(0);
+	w.data.append(48 + 12, '\0');
+	w.Put<uint32_t>(0).Put<uint32_t>(2);
+	// With two render techniques
+	w.Put<int64_t>(10).Put<int32_t>(1).Point(1, 0, 0).Put(1.0f).Put(0.0f).Put(0.0f).Put(0.0f).Put(1.0f).Put<uint32_t>(0);
+	w.Put<uint32_t>(2);
+	w.data.append(64 + 2 * 133, '\x7f');
+	w.Object(30, 2, 5, "a=0:b");
+
+	std::istringstream stream(w.Done());
+	LevelFile level;
+	level.Read(stream);
+	ASSERT_EQ(level.objects.size(), 2u);
+	EXPECT_EQ(level.objects[0].renderTechniqueCount, 2u);
+	EXPECT_EQ(level.objects[0].nodeType, 1u);
+	EXPECT_EQ(level.objects[0].glomId, 1u);
+	EXPECT_EQ(level.objects[1].lot, 2);
+	EXPECT_EQ(level.objects[1].position.x, 5.0f);
+}
+
 TEST(LevelFileTests, DamagedFilesKeepWhatWasRead) {
 	ZoneBytes w;
 	w.Put<uint16_t>(30).Put<uint16_t>(0);