How to extract text from your SGR file
- 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 your SGR file to another format, you need Notepad++ or other Settings software.
- SGR to SVG
- SGR to AI
- SGR to EPS
- SGR to PDF
- SGR to JPG
- SGR to CDR
- SGR to WMF
- SGR to EMF
- SGR to SWF
- SGR to FLA
- SGR to XFL
- SGR to SKETCH
Convert a file to SGR
To convert other file formats to the "Game Configuration Script" file type, you need software like Notepad++ or a similar tool.
- AFPUB to SGR
- EPS to SGR
- FIG to SGR
- VSD to SGR
- SKETCH to SGR
- VDX to SGR
- AFPHOTO to SGR
- PDF to SGR
- AFDESIGN to SGR
- SVG to SGR
- VSDX to SGR
- AI to SGR
About SGR files
An .sgr file is primarily a Sims Graphics Rules configuration file used by Maxis games like SimCity 4 and The Sims 4. These files serve as the critical bridge between the game engine and your computer's video card, dictating texture quality, screen resolution, and shadow rendering based on your hardware capabilities. While essentially plain text, the .sgr extension prevents most operating systems from opening them automatically, and unmodified files often fail to recognize modern NVIDIA or AMD graphics cards, resulting in low-resolution gameplay or crashes. Users frequently need to convert .sgr to TXT to manually inject new GPU device IDs or tweak performance settings. For modding and repair, the best workflow is converting to TXT for editing with tools like Notepad++, then reverting to .sgr to apply changes. In rare legacy contexts, an .sgr file might be a Sage 4GL data file or a TIBCO S-PLUS graph, which require specialized proprietary software to view.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SGR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted TXT, SVG, SC4MODEL, SC4LOT and SC4DESC files.
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.