Extract text from CryEngine and CityEngine files (CGA)
To convert CGA files to another format, you need CryEngine or other 3D software.
To convert other file formats to the "Game Engine Geometry File" file type, you need software like CryEngine or a similar tool.
A .CGA file typically functions as a Crytek Geometry Animation asset used in CryEngine, or as a procedural modeling rule file in Esri CityEngine. Historically, the extension was also used for 1980s Color Graphics Adapter legacy image formats and obscure Cryo-Genic compressed archives.
The main disadvantage of modern .CGA files is their highly proprietary nature. CryEngine geometry files require you to install a massive, resource-heavy game engine just to view a single 3D character model. This makes sharing assets with non-developers or freelance artists extremely difficult. Similarly, Esri CityEngine rule files are specialized scripts that standard 3D modeling tools cannot read natively. Legacy CGA images are entirely obsolete and fail to load in any modern web browser or standard operating system viewer.
To overcome these strict limitations, you must convert these files based on your goal. To edit 3D models in standard software like Blender or Maya, convert CryEngine files to FBX or OBJ, though be aware that complex proprietary rigging or physics nodes may be lost. For legacy images destined for the web, convert them to lossless PNG or WebP.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CGA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CGAM, MESHSETUP, EGA, CGF, MTL, GIF, PNG, FPJ, SETUP, SKELETON and VGA files.
If you want to convert CGA file to VGA, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL or PLY, you can use CryEngine or similar software from the "3D Animated Geometry Asset" 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 CGA, try CryEngine or another comparable tool in the "3D Animated Geometry Asset" category.
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