Extract text from 3D game models (C3)
To convert C3 models to another format, you need MAXFileViewer or other 3D software.
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary 3D Game Model" file type, you need software like MAXFileViewer or a similar tool.
The .c3 file extension is most commonly a 3D game model file utilized by the Angelica Engine, a proprietary game engine developed by Perfect World for their MMORPGs. In rare instances, it functions as a network simulation model for legacy CACI COMNET III software or as source code for the experimental C3 Language. To open Angelica Engine models, users typically rely on highly specialized tools like MAXFileViewer.
Because the .c3 format is proprietary and strictly compiled for specific game environments, it is entirely locked out of modern 3D software ecosystems. You cannot natively import it into tools like Blender or Autodesk Maya. This creates a major bottleneck for modders or researchers who need to extract, edit, or reuse the enclosed 3D assets. Users typically want to convert .c3 files into standard formats like OBJ or FBX to access the meshes, textures, and rigging. For network simulation models, extracting the data to TXT or CSV is often the goal.
However, standard online converters consistently fail to process .c3 files. This is a closed, proprietary binary format heavily optimized for a specific runtime engine. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the geometric or simulation data. convert.guru offers a practical workaround for this frustration. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view the internal hex data or strings, and convert it when possible. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your C3 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert C3 file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use MAXFileViewer or similar software from the "3D Game Model Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to C3, try MAXFileViewer or another comparable tool in the "3D Game Model Storage" category.
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 C3 converter.