FFE Converter

Extract text from FFE files

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How to extract text from your FFE file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FFE file.
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Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert FFE to another file type

To convert your FFE file to another format, you need DirectX SDK or other Game software.

Convert a file to FFE

To convert other file formats to the "Haptic Feedback Data" file type, you need software like DirectX SDK or a similar tool.

About FFE files

The .FFE file extension represents a collision between two distinct worlds: legacy PC gaming and high-end electromagnetic engineering.

1. Microsoft DirectInput Force Feedback (Primary):
Most commonly, an FFE file is a Force Feedback Effect file created for Microsoft DirectInput. These files act as containers (using the RIFF structure) for haptic feedback instructions - telling a joystick or steering wheel when to vibrate, resist, or jolt.

The Problem: These files are largely obsolete artifacts of the DirectX 8/9 era. Modern game engines generate effects programmatically, leaving these files as unreadable binary blobs on your drive. They cannot be opened by standard media players or text editors.
The Solution: To modify or view them, you typically need the legacy Force Feedback Editor found in older versions of the DirectX SDK. For preservation, they are often just archived as-is.

2. Altair Feko Far Field Data:
In engineering circles, FFE stands for Far Field, a data format generated by Altair Feko (part of the HyperWorks suite). These files store simulation results regarding antenna radiation patterns.

The Problem: While Feko can export to ASCII, raw FFE files are specialized. Engineers often need to extract this 3D plot data into CSV, MAT (MATLAB), or Excel for analysis, but the format doesn't natively open in spreadsheet software.
The Solution: If the file is ASCII-based, you can rename it to TXT to strip header data. For binary versions, you must use POSTFEKO to export to a standard exchange format.

Convert.Guru analyzes your FFE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert FFE file to DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB, GDB, MYD, FRM or SQL, you can use DirectX SDK or similar software from the "Force Feedback Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to FFE, try DirectX SDK or another comparable tool in the "Force Feedback Configuration" category.

The FFE 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 FFE converter.