Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BUS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert BUS to another file type
To convert BUS game files to another format, you need OMSI 2 or other Game software.
Convert a file to BUS
To convert other file formats to the "Game Asset Archive" file type, you need software like OMSI 2 or a similar tool.
About BUS files
The .BUS file extension primarily acts as a game data archive bundle for titles utilizing the X-Ray Engine or as a vehicle definition file for OMSI Bus Simulator. In X-Ray engine games or titles like Zombie Busters, the file acts as a sealed container storing packaged textures and audio. In OMSI 2, developed by MR Software, it is a UTF-8 text document that serves as the master blueprint for a drivable bus, linking external scripts and 3D models together. Additionally, Google Android occasionally uses this extension to log internal battery usage statistics. Users frequently face difficulties because .BUS files are hyper-specialized. Game archive variants are heavily encrypted or compressed in non-standard ways, effectively locking modders out of internal assets because popular tools cannot read them. OMSI configuration files, while plain text, lack standard extensions, triggering an annoying "Windows cannot open this file" error and requiring manual software assignment. To safely edit OMSI vehicle parameters, convert .BUS to TXT or XML so your code editor recognizes the syntax. For game modders looking to extract archive contents, the file must be unpacked into its constituent DDS (textures) or OGG (audio) formats.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BUS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert BUS file to RV, EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP or SAV, you can use OMSI 2 or similar software from the "Game Archive & Vehicle Config" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to BUS, try OMSI 2 or another comparable tool in the "Game Archive & Vehicle Config" category.
The BUS Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our BUS converter.