diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plRegistryNode.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plRegistryNode.cpp
index f4fd2cfec1..1ff9f75795 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plRegistryNode.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plRegistryNode.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ void plRegistryPageNode::UnloadKeys()
     fLoadedTypes = 0;
 }
 
+void plRegistryPageNode::PrepForWrite()
+{
+    if (!fIsNewPage)
+        return;
+
+    for (auto [idx, keyList] : fKeyLists)
+        keyList->PrepForWrite();
+}
+
 //// plWriteIterator /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //  Key iterator for writing objects
 class plWriteIterator : public plRegistryKeyIterator
@@ -241,9 +250,6 @@ void plRegistryPageNode::Write()
     for (it = fKeyLists.begin(); it != fKeyLists.end(); it++)
     {
         plRegistryKeyList* keyList = it->second;
-        if (fIsNewPage)
-            keyList->PrepForWrite();
-
         int ver = plVersion::GetCreatableVersion(keyList->GetClassType());
         fPageInfo.AddClassVersion(keyList->GetClassType(), ver);
     }
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plRegistryNode.h b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plRegistryNode.h
index de466b37ed..39acf7433a 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plRegistryNode.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plRegistryNode.h
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ class plRegistryPageNode
     hsStream*   OpenStream();
     void        CloseStream();
 
+    // Export time only.  Before we write to disk, assign all the loaded keys
+    // sequential object IDs that they can use to do fast lookups at load time.
+    void PrepForWrite();
+
     // Takes care of everything involved in writing this page to disk
     void Write();
     void DeleteSource();
diff --git a/Sources/Tools/MaxMain/plPluginResManager.cpp b/Sources/Tools/MaxMain/plPluginResManager.cpp
index 06eaf680d1..3693c02726 100644
--- a/Sources/Tools/MaxMain/plPluginResManager.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Tools/MaxMain/plPluginResManager.cpp
@@ -373,6 +373,18 @@ plLocation plPluginResManager::ICreateLocation(const ST::string& age, const ST::
     return newLoc;
 }
 
+class plObjectIDSortingPageIterator : public plRegistryPageIterator
+{
+public:
+    plObjectIDSortingPageIterator() {}
+    bool EatPage(plRegistryPageNode *page) override
+    {
+        if (page->GetPageInfo().GetLocation() != plLocation::kGlobalFixedLoc)
+            page->PrepForWrite();
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
 class plWritePageIterator : public plRegistryPageIterator
 {
 public:
@@ -387,6 +399,9 @@ class plWritePageIterator : public plRegistryPageIterator
 
 void plPluginResManager::WriteAllPages()
 {
+    plObjectIDSortingPageIterator idSort;
+    IteratePages(&idSort);
+
     plWritePageIterator iter;
     IteratePages(&iter);
 }