Extract text from Granny 3D models (GR2)
To convert GR2 3D models to another format, you need Granny 3D or other 3D software.
To convert other file formats to the "3D Game Model File" file type, you need software like Granny 3D or a similar tool.
A .GR2 file is primarily a 3D model, animation, or skeleton file created by Granny 3D, a widely used game development middleware created by RAD Game Tools. Game developers use this format to store highly compressed 3D assets for popular video games like Baldur's Gate 3, Neverwinter Nights, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. A minor percentage of these files act as geotechnical logs for the GEODAS GR200 Data Logger.
Typically, artists build 3D assets in standard modeling software like Autodesk 3ds Max or Maya and export them to the .GR2 format using specialized plugins. This creates a major disadvantage for gamers and modders: the .GR2 format is heavily restricted, proprietary, and compiled. It is not supported by standard web browsers, and regular 3D editing software cannot import it out-of-the-box.
Users frequently need to convert .GR2 files into standard open formats like FBX, OBJ, or DAE to edit meshes, re-texture models, or modify skeletal animations in Blender. Be aware that converting these compiled game assets often results in the loss of custom game shaders, material properties, or complex bone weight data.
Because this file format is proprietary and difficult to parse, standard online converters often fail to process it. Emphasize that often only the original software or community-built tools like LSLib can properly read or export the 3D data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your GR2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted LSV, FBX, PAK, DDS, BLACK, OBJ, DAE, ZIP, 3DS, LZ4, CR2, CSF and PNG files.
If you want to convert GR2 file to DAE, FBX, OBJ, PAK, EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, WAD, PK3, PK4 or BSP, you can use Granny 3D or similar software from the "3D Model and Animation Storage" 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 GR2, try Granny 3D or another comparable tool in the "3D Model and Animation 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 GR2 converter.