diff --git a/generated/models.d.ts b/generated/models.d.ts
index 84ddf77..56f1434 100644
--- a/generated/models.d.ts
+++ b/generated/models.d.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export type models = {
 			unkint: number,
 			materialArgument: number,
 			unkbyte2: number,
-			buf: Uint16Array,
+			buf: (Uint16Array|Uint32Array),
 		}[],
 	} | null,
 	unk1Buffer: Uint8Array[],
diff --git a/src/3d/rt7model.ts b/src/3d/rt7model.ts
index b15b912..e71738c 100644
--- a/src/3d/rt7model.ts
+++ b/src/3d/rt7model.ts
@@ -277,14 +277,25 @@ export function parseOb3Model(modelfile: Buffer, source: CacheFileSource) {
 		for (let render of mesh.renders) {
 			if (render.isHidden) { continue; }
 			if (render.buf.length == 0) { continue; }
-			let minindex = render.buf[0];
-			let maxindex = render.buf[0];
-			for (let i = 0; i < render.buf.length; i++) {
-				let v = render.buf[i];
+			let buf = render.buf;
+			if (buf.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT == 4) {
+				//flip endianness, only u32 variant of the index buffer is BE...
+				//need to copy because the original file is still cached
+				let newbuf = new Uint32Array(buf.length);
+				for (let i = 0; i < buf.length; i++) {
+					let v = buf[i];
+					newbuf[i] = ((v >> 24) & 0xff) | ((v >> 8) & 0xff00) | ((v << 8) & 0xff0000) | ((v << 24) & 0xff000000);
+				}
+				buf = newbuf;
+			}
+			let minindex = buf[0];
+			let maxindex = buf[0];
+			for (let i = 0; i < buf.length; i++) {
+				let v = buf[i];
 				if (v < minindex) { minindex = v; }
 				if (v > maxindex) { maxindex = v; }
 			}
-			let index = new THREE.BufferAttribute(render.buf, 1);
+			let index = new THREE.BufferAttribute(buf, 1);
 			meshes.push({
 				indices: index,
 				vertexstart: minindex,
diff --git a/src/opcodes/models.jsonc b/src/opcodes/models.jsonc
index f6a7e9d..dc22f48 100644
--- a/src/opcodes/models.jsonc
+++ b/src/opcodes/models.jsonc
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@
 			["unkint","uint"],
 			["materialArgument","ushort le"],
 			["unkbyte2","ubyte"],
-			["buf",["buffer","ushort le","ushort"]]
+			//this might be groupflags&0x80 for uint indexbuffer
+			["buf",["match",{
+				"vertexCount<=0xffff":["buffer","ushort le","ushort"],//u16 little endian
+				"other":["buffer","ushort le","uint"]//u32 big endian?????
+			}]]
 		]]]
 	]]],