diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 87fd2a6..f194721 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "1.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "approx"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -172,6 +163,15 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "835a3dc7d1ec9e75e2b5fb4ba75396837112d2060b03f7d43bc1897c7f7211da"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "form_urlencoded"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e13624c2627564efccf4934284bdd98cbaa14e79b0b5a141218e507b3a823456"
+dependencies = [
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -206,6 +206,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "idna"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "634d9b1461af396cad843f47fdba5597a4f9e6ddd4bfb6ff5d85028c25cb12f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -225,29 +235,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazy-regex"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "576c8060ecfdf2e56995cf3274b4f2d71fa5e4fa3607c1c0b63c10180ee58741"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy-regex-proc_macros",
- "once_cell",
- "regex",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "lazy-regex-proc_macros"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9efb9e65d4503df81c615dc33ff07042a9408ac7f26b45abee25566f7fbfd12c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "regex",
- "syn 2.0.72",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.155"
@@ -321,6 +308,12 @@ version = "3.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "percent-encoding"
+version = "2.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -348,35 +341,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "regex"
-version = "1.10.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4219d74c6b67a3654a9fbebc4b419e22126d13d2f3c4a07ee0cb61ff79a79619"
-dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
- "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38caf58cc5ef2fed281f89292ef23f6365465ed9a41b7a7754eb4e26496c92df"
-dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
- "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.8.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a66a03ae7c801facd77a29370b4faec201768915ac14a721ba36f20bc9c209b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "static_assertions"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -399,8 +363,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "strafesnet_deferred_loader"
 version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
- "lazy-regex",
  "strafesnet_common",
+ "url",
  "vbsp",
 ]
 
@@ -457,6 +421,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "445e881f4f6d382d5f27c034e25eb92edd7c784ceab92a0937db7f2e9471b938"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec_macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_datetime"
 version = "0.6.8"
@@ -474,12 +453,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-bidi"
+version = "0.3.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08f95100a766bf4f8f28f90d77e0a5461bbdb219042e7679bebe79004fed8d75"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-normalization"
+version = "0.1.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5033c97c4262335cded6d6fc3e5c18ab755e1a3dc96376350f3d8e9f009ad956"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "url"
+version = "2.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22784dbdf76fdde8af1aeda5622b546b422b6fc585325248a2bf9f5e41e94d6c"
+dependencies = [
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "idna",
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vbsp"
 version = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f3f8e82..d14377d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ authors = ["Rhys Lloyd <krakow20@gmail.com>"]
 
 [features]
 default = ["legacy"]
-legacy = ["dep:lazy-regex", "dep:vbsp"]
+legacy = ["dep:url","dep:vbsp"]
 #roblox = ["dep:lazy-regex"]
 #source = ["dep:vbsp"]
 
 [dependencies]
-lazy-regex = { version = "3.1.0", optional = true }
 strafesnet_common = { version = "0.4.0", registry = "strafesnet" }
+url = { version = "2.5.2", optional = true }
 vbsp = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/roblox_legacy.rs b/src/roblox_legacy.rs
index 3cfdbdb..18263c7 100644
--- a/src/roblox_legacy.rs
+++ b/src/roblox_legacy.rs
@@ -7,19 +7,29 @@ use strafesnet_common::model::{MeshId,RenderConfig,RenderConfigId,TextureId};
 #[derive(Hash,Eq,PartialEq)]
 struct RobloxAssetId(u64);
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct RobloxAssetIdParseErr(String);
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub enum RobloxAssetIdParseErr{
+	Url(url::ParseError),
+	UnknownScheme(String),
+	ParseInt(std::num::ParseIntError),
+	MissingAssetId(String),
+}
 impl std::str::FromStr for RobloxAssetId{
 	type Err=RobloxAssetIdParseErr;
 	fn from_str(s:&str)->Result<Self,Self::Err>{
-		let regman=lazy_regex::regex!(r"(\d+)$");
-		if let Some(captures)=regman.captures(s){
-			if captures.len()==2{//captures[0] is all captures concatenated, and then each individual capture
-				if let Ok(id)=captures[0].parse::<u64>(){
-					return Ok(Self(id));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		Err(RobloxAssetIdParseErr(s.to_owned()))
+		let url=url::Url::parse(s).map_err(RobloxAssetIdParseErr::Url)?;
+		let parsed_asset_id=match url.scheme(){
+			"rbxassetid"=>url.domain().ok_or_else(||RobloxAssetIdParseErr::MissingAssetId(s.to_owned()))?.parse(),
+			"http"|"https"=>{
+				let (_,asset_id)=url.query_pairs()
+				.find(|(id,_)|
+					id.to_lowercase()=="id"
+				).ok_or_else(||RobloxAssetIdParseErr::MissingAssetId(s.to_owned()))?;
+				asset_id.parse()
+			},
+			_=>Err(RobloxAssetIdParseErr::UnknownScheme(s.to_owned()))?,
+		};
+		Ok(Self(parsed_asset_id.map_err(RobloxAssetIdParseErr::ParseInt)?))
 	}
 }
 impl std::fmt::Display for RobloxAssetIdParseErr{
@@ -133,4 +143,4 @@ impl Loader{
 			self.render_config_loader.render_configs,
 		))
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}