diff --git a/dCommon/LevelFile.cpp b/dCommon/LevelFile.cpp
index f3d7fa2ff..140c82b63 100644
--- a/dCommon/LevelFile.cpp
+++ b/dCommon/LevelFile.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "LevelFile.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <istream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
@@ -198,8 +199,15 @@ void LevelFile::ReadSceneObjectDataChunk(std::istream& file, uint32_t version) {
 		}
 		if (file.fail()) throw std::runtime_error("Failed to read from istream.");
 
-		for (const auto& token : GeneralUtils::SplitString(GeneralUtils::UTF16ToWTF8(ldfString), '\n')) {
-			obj.settings.ParseInsert(token);
+		// LDF_FROM_STRING (0x010fa220): entries are split at every comma and line break, empty ones and ones without a
+		// '=' are left out
+		const auto config = GeneralUtils::UTF16ToWTF8(ldfString);
+		size_t start = 0;
+		while (start <= config.size()) {
+			const auto end = std::min(config.find_first_of(",\n", start), config.size());
+			const auto entry = config.substr(start, end - start);
+			if (entry.find('=') != std::string::npos) obj.settings.ParseInsert(entry);
+			start = end + 1;
 		}
 		ApplyClientConfigFixups(obj, version);
 
diff --git a/tests/dCommonTests/ZoneFileTests.cpp b/tests/dCommonTests/ZoneFileTests.cpp
index 67e05fe9e..6a53294a0 100644
--- a/tests/dCommonTests/ZoneFileTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dCommonTests/ZoneFileTests.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include "Game.h"
+#include "GeneralUtils.h"
 #include "LevelFile.h"
 #include "Logger.h"
 #include "ZoneFile.h"
@@ -535,6 +537,25 @@ TEST(LevelFileTests, FixesUpConfigAsTheClient) {
 	EXPECT_EQ(value(3, u"DisableModelBehaviors"), "DisableModelBehaviors=7:0");
 }
 
+// An object's config splits at commas as well as line breaks; entries without a '=' are left out
+TEST(LevelFileTests, SplitsConfigAsTheClient) {
+	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>(1);
+	w.Object(30, 2, 0, "a=0:x,b=1:4\n\nstray,c=0:y");
+
+	std::istringstream stream(w.Done());
+	LevelFile level;
+	level.Read(stream);
+	ASSERT_EQ(level.objects.size(), 1u);
+	const auto& settings = level.objects[0].settings;
+	std::vector<std::string> keys;
+	for (const auto& [key, value] : settings) keys.push_back(GeneralUtils::UTF16ToWTF8(key));
+	std::ranges::sort(keys);
+	EXPECT_EQ(keys, (std::vector<std::string>{ "a", "b", "c" }));
+}
+
 TEST(LevelFileTests, DamagedFilesKeepWhatWasRead) {
 	ZoneBytes w;
 	w.Put<uint16_t>(30).Put<uint16_t>(0);