Extract text from RenderWare and RimWorld files (RWS)
To convert RWS files to another format, you need RimWorld or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Game Asset Container" file type, you need software like RimWorld or a similar tool.
A .RWS file functions under several distinct identities, most commonly as a RenderWare Stream game asset, an XML save file for the colony simulator RimWorld, or a worksharing log in Autodesk Revit. RenderWare files were heavily used in the PS2 era by developers licensing the RenderWare engine, acting as a proprietary container that bundles 3D models, textures, and audio.
Users typically need to convert or extract .RWS files to access the underlying game assets or parse text data. The major disadvantage of RenderWare .RWS streams is that they are entirely proprietary, closed-box binaries. You cannot open them directly in modern operating systems or standard 3D software without dedicated modding tools. Similarly, while RimWorld saves are theoretically just standard XML, they routinely exceed 50MB-100MB in size, crashing basic text editors and making manual data extraction highly frustrating. In older PC games like Commandos, the .RWS extension simply acts as a disguise for standard Ogg Vorbis audio tracks.
Standard online converters will completely fail to process RenderWare .RWS files because they lack the specific engine libraries required to unpack the internal game data. For RimWorld saves, they often choke on the massive file size. Our analyzer inspects the internal file signature - whether it is plain XML, an Ogg Vorbis audio stream, or a proprietary binary container - and attempts to extract the embedded text, audio, or convert it to accessible formats like XML, OGG, or TXT.
Convert.Guru analyzes your RWS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert RWS file to SYS, DLL, EXE, DRV, VXD, 386, COM, BAT, CMD, SCR, PIF or LNK, you can use RimWorld or similar software from the "Game Assets and Save Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MSI, EXE, REG, MST, LNK, CAB, CAT, DRV, INF, SYS, MSU or DLL files to RWS, try RimWorld or another comparable tool in the "Game Assets and Save Data" 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 RWS converter.