PBT Converter

Convert Game assets and themes (PBT) online for free


Drop or upload your .PBT file
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How to convert your PBT file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PBT file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert PBT to another file type

The converter easily converts your PBT Assets to various formats - free and online. No Manticore Core or or other Developer software needed.

  • PBT to 82I
  • PBT to DIS
  • PBT to GBR
  • PBT to 73I
  • PBT to GRB
  • PBT to WBM
  • PBT to PI1
  • PBT to 89I
  • PBT to GREY
  • PBT to RPPM
  • PBT to OTB
  • PBT to TDI

Convert a file to PBT

To convert other file formats to the "Project & Theme Settings" file type, you need software like Manticore Core or a similar tool.


About PBT files

The .PBT file extension is heavily fragmented. It is primarily used as a game asset blueprint file (often UTF-8 encoded) by game creation platforms like Manticore Core and Crayta. It is also widely used as a forum theme and skin file for ProBoards, an electrical panel design document in GEWISS PBT-Q, and a project target file in Sybase PowerBuilder. The main disadvantage of .PBT files is their lack of standardization. Because multiple software ecosystems use the exact same extension for entirely different purposes, operating systems frequently assign the wrong default application. Furthermore, these files are strictly proprietary to their respective platforms. You cannot easily preview a Manticore game asset or a ProBoards theme natively in a standard web browser. Relying on niche software like GEWISS PBT-Q or legacy PowerBuilder environments restricts accessibility and often requires heavy, Windows-only installations. Since many of these files are stored as structured text or XML-like data, users frequently need to convert or extract them to regain control of their data. For code review, editing, and version control, convert your .PBT files to TXT, JSON, or XML. If you are dealing with GEWISS electrical schematics, converting the data to PDF or DXF is strictly recommended for client archiving and printing. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PBT file.

Users also converted FPL, IRS and TAK files.


FAQ

If you want to convert PBT file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use Manticore Core or similar software from the "Game Asset & Theme Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to PBT, try Manticore Core or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset & Theme Configuration" category.



The PBT 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 PBT converter.