Homeworld level of detail data
File type: Game file
A lod file extension identifies level of detail data used by Homeworld.
The file belongs to the game's internal resources rather than being a general-purpose document.
Found 4 different file type records with the same lod filename suffix.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 27, 2026
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The lod file extension is associated with Homeworld, a strategy and tactics video game for Microsoft Windows developed by Relic in 1999.
A lod file contains level of detail data used by Homeworld. This data supports the game's handling of assets at different levels of visual detail.
The format is obsolete and is not generally used outside the original Homeworld software.
A compatible Microsoft Windows installation of the original Homeworld can read this file as part of the game. It is an internal game resource and is not normally opened separately.
No general-purpose application is intended for viewing or editing Homeworld lod files.
Homeworld lod files are internal game resources, so they do not have a useful standalone conversion or export path.
Keep the file in its original Homeworld installation if the game requires it. Converting it to another format would not produce an equivalent playable resource without software that specifically supports Homeworld data.
Software apps that manage or store settings in lod files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: February 13, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The lod file extension is associated with A-10 Cuba!, an older flight simulator computer game for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The lod file contains loadout game data. Obsolete file format.
Software apps that manage or store settings in lod files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving lod files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 27, 2026
Heroes of Might and Magic III is a turn-based fantasy strategy game originally developed for Microsoft Windows. Its .lod files are proprietary resource archives associated with the game and its expansions.
The archives contain graphics data used for the game's interface, maps, creatures, objects, and other visual elements. The game reads these files from its installation and uses them together with its other data files.
Heroes of Might and Magic III opens its .lod files automatically when they are in the correct game installation. They are not intended to be opened as ordinary image files.
Specialized Heroes III archive utilities can inspect and extract resources from LOD archives. Use care when changing files in the game's installation, because modified archives can prevent the game from starting correctly.
There is no general-purpose conversion from the Heroes III .lod format to another graphics or archive format. If individual resources are needed, a compatible Heroes III archive utility can extract them into usable files where supported.
To use modified resources in the game, they must normally be placed back into a compatible LOD archive or used with a mod that supports the relevant resource. Keeping the original archive is recommended.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving lod files:
Multiplatform
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: May 31, 2019
The lod file extension is associated with the Korean MMORPG game called ROSE, available for Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Gravity Interactive Inc.
The lod files contain level of detail data.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving lod files:
Microsoft Windows
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