FPMB Converter

Extract text from Map buffer files (FPMB)


Drop or upload your .FPMB file
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How to extract text from your FPMB file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FPMB file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert FPMB to another file type

To convert FPMB Map buffers to another format, you need FPS Creator or other Game software.

Convert a file to FPMB

To convert other file formats to the "Map Buffer File" file type, you need software like FPS Creator or a similar tool.


About FPMB files

The .FPMB file is a proprietary game data file known as an FPS Creator Map Buffer File. It was developed by The Game Creators for use in their legacy FPS Creator software, a tool designed to let users build first-person shooters without coding. These files store pre-compiled level geometry and map data, which the game engine uses to speed up rendering and load times. The major disadvantage of the .FPMB format is that it is entirely closed and heavily tied to an obsolete 3D engine. It is not supported by standard 3D modeling software, modern game engines like Unity, or web browsers. Users typically need to convert these files to extract custom map geometry for modern engines. The best conversion targets for game geometry are standard formats like OBJ or FBX, but direct conversion is virtually impossible outside the original ecosystem. This file format is exceptionally difficult to open or convert because it contains proprietary binary buffer data rather than standard mesh definitions. Often, only the original FPS Creator software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

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


FAQ

If you want to convert FPMB file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use FPS Creator or similar software from the "Game Level Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to FPMB, try FPS Creator or another comparable tool in the "Game Level Data Storage" category.



The FPMB 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 FPMB converter.