Extract text from game animation files (QSA)
To convert QSA animations to another format, you need GITS: First Assault or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "3D Animation" file type, you need software like GITS: First Assault or a similar tool.
The .QSA file extension is primarily associated with Quick Skeleton Animation data, a proprietary format utilized in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online video game. These files store complex skeletal rigging and motion data for 3D character models, defining how game assets move and interact within the Gamebryo engine environment. Because the game servers were shut down in 2017, these files are now typically encountered by modders, fan archivists, and developers attempting to extract assets for preservation or use in modern engines like Unreal Engine or Blender.
Opening a .QSA file is notoriously difficult due to its proprietary nature and potential encryption. Unlike standard interchange formats, they cannot be directly imported into 3D software. Users often face friction when trying to recover these "lost" assets, requiring specialized extraction scripts or hex editing to convert the skeletal data into usable formats like FBX (Filmbox) or GLTF for web and game development contexts. A secondary, unrelated use of the .QSA extension exists as Qt Script for Applications files, which are legacy text-based scripts used by older C++ applications.
Convert.Guru analyzes your QSA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert QSA file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use GITS: First Assault or similar software from the "Game Character Animation" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to QSA, try GITS: First Assault or another comparable tool in the "Game Character Animation" category.
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