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Well bad news, 3d max crashes on my non stop so i can't get any work done, so i'm switching over to LW(Light Wave) but i have no clue where i'm at, i'm lost in the interface. any one here that knows the program well or knows anyone else that knows it. i need this help so i can get rigging...

how do you edit the models for esf? i have milkshape 3d but i can only open MS3d files. how do you open mdl files with milkshape3d?