LOC Converter

Extract text from LOC files

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Drop or upload your .LOC file

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How to extract text from your LOC file

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

Convert LOC to another file type

To convert your LOC file to another format, you need Carlson SurvCE or other Game software.

Convert a file to LOC

To convert other file formats to the "Localization Data File" file type, you need software like Carlson SurvCE or a similar tool.

About LOC files

The .loc extension is a versatile container utilized primarily in two distinct sectors: software localization and geospatial mapping. In the gaming industry - spanning titles from Electronic Arts, Blizzard, and engines like Unity - these files store language translation strings. This allows developers to toggle between languages without altering the core game code. However, for modders and translators, .loc files often present a challenge as they can be binary-encoded, proprietary, or simply unreadable by standard text editors, preventing easy modification of in-game text.

Simultaneously, in the surveying and GIS fields, software like Carlson SurvCE and TopoGrafix use .loc files to store coordinate data and waypoints. Users often deal with issues here because modern mapping tools (like Google Earth) prefer KML or GPX formats, rendering the older or proprietary .loc data inaccessible for visualization.

Conversion Best Practices:

For Game Modding/Translation: Convert .loc to TXT, CSV, or XML. This exposes the string tables in a human-readable format, allowing for community translations or text edits before repacking.
For GIS & Mapping: Convert GPS-based .loc files to GPX (GPS Exchange Format) or KML for broad compatibility with mapping applications.
For TrackMania Players: The .loc file here is simply a text file containing a URL; converting to TXT allows you to view the download link source.

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

Users also converted LOCX, FILELOC, LOCKED, LOCS, MP4, EPUB, PNG, PDF, ZIP, TOC and PAGES files.

FAQ

If you want to convert LOC file to PAGES, SHP, KML, KMZ, GPX, GEOJSON, TOPOJSON, TIF, TIFF, ECW, SID or IMG, you can use Carlson SurvCE or similar software from the "Localization & GPS Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert LAZ, KMZ, DTM, CSV, DEM, PRJ, LAS, GPX, DSM, SHP, DBF or KML files to LOC, try Carlson SurvCE or another comparable tool in the "Localization & GPS Data" category.

The LOC 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 LOC converter.