diff --git a/Engine.cc b/Engine.cc
index f23e6f5..c7620a0 100644
--- a/Engine.cc
+++ b/Engine.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "anaglym.h"
 #include "Engine.h"
 #include "Video.h"
+#include "PhyObj/PhyObj.h"
 #include "sdl_keymap.h"
 #include <lua.hpp>
 #include <stdlib.h>                 /* exit() */
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ using namespace std;
 #define doClearHandler(event) \
     do { EVENT_PRESENT_FLAG(event) = false; } while(0)
 
-#define WHITESPACE " \t\r\n\f"
 #define HOOK_TIMEOUT    10000u
 #define HOOK_STEPS      250000000
 #define FONT_NAME       "FreeSans.ttf"
@@ -41,25 +41,6 @@ using namespace std;
 Engine * g_engine;
 
 /* static helper functions */
-static string trim(const string & orig)
-{
-    string result = orig;
-    size_t pos = result.find_first_not_of(WHITESPACE);
-    if (pos == string::npos)
-    {
-        result = "";
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        if (pos > 0)
-            result = result.substr(pos, result.length() - pos);
-        pos = result.find_last_not_of(WHITESPACE);
-        if (pos < result.length() - 1)
-            result = result.substr(0, pos + 1);
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
 static void cross_product(dVector3 result, dVector3 first, dVector3 second)
 {
     result[0] = first[1] * second[2] - first[2] * second[1];
@@ -549,7 +530,7 @@ int Engine::loadModel(const string & name, bool static_data, float scale)
             Engine::Object * engine_obj = getObject(id);
             if (engine_obj != NULL)
             {
-                engine_obj->loadPhy(phys_path);
+                engine_obj->loadPhy(m_fileLoader, phys_path);
             }
             return id;
         }
@@ -1427,61 +1408,30 @@ void Engine::Object::render()
     checkGLError();
 }
 
-void Engine::Object::loadPhy(const FileLoader::Path & path)
+void Engine::Object::loadPhy(FileLoader * fl, const FileLoader::Path & path)
 {
-    FileLoader::Buffer buff = g_engine->m_fileLoader->load(path);
-    if (buff.size <= 0)
-        return;
-    string str(buff.data, buff.size);
-    stringstream istr(str, ios_base::in);
-    while (!istr.eof())
+    PhyObj po;
+    po.load(fl, path);
+    for (int i = 0, sz = po.getNumGeoms(); i < sz; i++)
     {
-        string line;
-        getline(istr, line);
-        line = trim(line);
-        if (line == "" || line[0] == '#')
-            continue;
-        size_t pos = line.find_first_of(WHITESPACE);
-        if (pos == string::npos)
-            continue;
-        string type = line.substr(0, pos);
-        pos = line.find("\"", pos);
-        if (pos == string::npos)
-            continue;
-        size_t pos2 = line.find("\"", pos + 1);
-        if (pos2 == string::npos)
-            continue;
-        string name = line.substr(pos + 1, pos2 - pos - 1);
-        pos = pos2 + 1;
-        refptr< vector<float> > args = new vector<float>();
-        for (;;)
+        refptr<PhyObj::Geom> geom = po.getGeom(i);
+        refptr< vector<float> > args = geom->getArgs();
+        switch (geom->getType())
         {
-            pos = line.find_first_not_of(WHITESPACE, pos);
-            if (pos == string::npos)
+            case PhyObj::BOX:
+                m_ode_object->addBox(args);
                 break;
-            pos2 = line.find_first_of(WHITESPACE, pos);
-            string n = line.substr(pos, pos2 - pos);
-            float f = atof(n.c_str());
-            args->push_back(f);
-            if (pos2 == string::npos)
+            case PhyObj::SPHERE:
+                m_ode_object->addSphere(args);
+                break;
+            case PhyObj::CAPSULE:
+                m_ode_object->addCapsule(args);
+                break;
+            case PhyObj::PLANE:
+                m_ode_object->addPlane(args);
+                break;
+            default:
                 break;
-            pos = pos2 + 1;
-        }
-        if      (type == "cube")
-        {
-            m_ode_object->addBox(args);
-        }
-        else if (type == "sphere")
-        {
-            m_ode_object->addSphere(args);
-        }
-        else if (type == "capsule")
-        {
-            m_ode_object->addCapsule(args);
-        }
-        else if (type == "plane")
-        {
-            m_ode_object->addPlane(args);
         }
     }
     m_ode_object->finalize();
diff --git a/Engine.h b/Engine.h
index 88274cb..3240b54 100644
--- a/Engine.h
+++ b/Engine.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Engine
                 {
                     m_ode_object->getPosition(x, y, z);
                 }
-                void loadPhy(const FileLoader::Path & path);
+                void loadPhy(FileLoader * fl, const FileLoader::Path & path);
                 void setVisible(bool visible) { m_is_visible = visible; }
                 bool getVisible() { return m_is_visible; }
                 void addForce(dReal fx, dReal fy, dReal fz)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 27d33ad..7e8a82e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ endif
 
 all: $(TARGET)
 
-$(TARGET): $(OBJS) wfobj/WFObj.o OdeWorld/OdeWorld.o TextureCache/TextureCache.o
+$(TARGET): $(OBJS) wfobj/WFObj.o OdeWorld/OdeWorld.o PhyObj/PhyObj.o TextureCache/TextureCache.o
 	$(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 ag_lua.c: ag.lua
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ wfobj/WFObj.o:
 OdeWorld/OdeWorld.o:
 	$(MAKE) -C OdeWorld
 
+.PHONY: PhyObj/PhyObj.o
+PhyObj/PhyObj.o:
+	$(MAKE) -C PhyObj
+
 .PHONY: TextureCache/TextureCache.o
 TextureCache/TextureCache.o:
 	$(MAKE) -C TextureCache