MIS Converter

Extract text from MIS files

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How to extract text from your MIS file

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

Convert MIS to another file type

To convert your MIS file to another format, you need Torque Game Engine or other Game software.

Convert a file to MIS

To convert other file formats to the "Mission Script File" file type, you need software like Torque Game Engine or a similar tool.

About MIS files

The .MIS extension is a notorious "chameleon" format used by completely unrelated software ecosystems, creating significant user confusion. Most commonly in general computing, it serves as a mission script for games built on the Torque Game Engine (such as Marble Blast or Tribes), containing level geometry, object placement, and terrain data in a plain-text script format. However, a significant portion of these files are actually binary databases created by MinSläkt, a Swedish genealogy program. In this context, the file is a proprietary container for family tree data that cannot be opened by text editors. Additionally, modern DJI drones use this extension for waypoint mission planning (often structured as JSON), and industrial sensors from CAE S.p.A use it for environmental monitoring logs.

Conversion Best Practices:

For Gamers & Developers (Torque/DIMACS): These are usually text-based. Convert to TXT to view the source code or CS (TorqueScript) for editing in IDEs like VS Code.
For Genealogy (MinSläkt): You are locked into the proprietary format. To move data to Ancestry.com or Gramps, you must use the official MinSläkt software to export the project to GED (GEDCOM).
For Drones (DJI): Users often convert these flight plans to KML for visualization in Google Earth or CSV for spreadsheet analysis.

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

Users also converted MSI, EBK, XML, XLSX, GUN, FORGE, WPN, CNC and MTF files.

FAQ

If you want to convert MIS file to CNC, MTF, EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP or MAP, you can use Torque Game Engine or similar software from the "Game Mission Script" 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 MIS, try Torque Game Engine or another comparable tool in the "Game Mission Script" category.

The MIS 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 MIS converter.