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An .XOF file shows that the same extension can hide very different content, commonly showing up either as a DirectX-style 3D file containing mesh and material data or as an OthBase XML Othello record holding moves and game information; the 3D file usually begins with “xof …” or appears binary, whereas the OthBase format opens as readable XML, so using a text editor is the quickest way to distinguish between the two.

When people say “XOF is a 3D graphics file,” they mean it includes the information needed to describe 3D shapes—like meshes, normals, UVs, materials, and sometimes frames or animation—from the older DirectX-era format, which may appear in ASCII with clear keywords or in binary, and because of aging toolchains, a common approach is to import/convert it to FBX/OBJ/GLTF, with the fastest verification being a text-editor check for an “xof …” header or model-related structures.

To quickly tell what kind of .XOF file you have, you can use simple clues like its origin and how it appears in a text editor, since a file from a 3D asset pack, old game/mod, or DirectX workflow usually signals the 3D/X-file type, while one from an Othello database or OthBase tool points to the XML game-record variant; opening it in Notepad or Notepad++ and seeing readable XML beginning with “ indicates the OthBase style, while a top line starting with `xof` or keywords like Mesh, Material, Frame, TextureFilename—or unreadable binary paired with “xof” near the start—strongly suggests the 3D family, and these quick steps normally identify the format before searching for converters.

For more on XOF file extension reader take a look at our own website. When we say “XOF is a 3D graphics file,” we mean the format is used to carry the pieces of a 3D object instead of a static image, and within legacy DirectX systems it resembled the X-file format by including mesh geometry, surface normals for shading, UVs for texture layout, and material settings like color, reflective qualities, transparency, and associated texture filenames.

Depending on how it was created, it may include a node hierarchy along with possible animation data, and the format might appear as readable text—showing obvious sections—or as binary, which displays as nonsense characters even though the same model structures are embedded inside.