Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SGR file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SGR to another file type
To convert SGR configuration files to another format, you need The Sims 4 or other Settings software.
Convert a file to SGR
To convert other file formats to the "Game Configuration File" file type, you need software like The Sims 4 or a similar tool.
About SGR files
The .sgr file format is predominantly a plain-text configuration script used by Electronic Arts titles, notably The Sims 4 and SimCity 4. It dictates how the game engine handles specific graphics cards, mapping hardware capabilities to visual settings via the GraphicsRules.sgr and VideoCards.sgr files. While accessible via basic text editors, the .sgr format has major disadvantages. It is highly sensitive to syntax errors; a single typo can crash the game or force it into an 800x600 resolution. Furthermore, older games lack database entries for modern GPUs, forcing users into tedious manual text editing to fix unrecognized hardware errors. Because it functions as a proprietary wrapper, converting .sgr is often necessary for safe editing, parsing, or backup. For quick, safe modifications and sharing, convert to TXT. If you are building community modding tools or parsing hardware databases, convert to structured formats like JSON or XML.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SGR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SGR file to SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, JPG, CDR, WMF, EMF, SWF, FLA, XFL or SKETCH, you can use The Sims 4 or similar software from the "Graphics Rules Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert AFPUB, EPS, FIG, VSD, SKETCH, VDX, AFPHOTO, PDF, AFDESIGN, SVG, VSDX or AI files to SGR, try The Sims 4 or another comparable tool in the "Graphics Rules Configuration" category.
The SGR 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 SGR converter.