T3 Converter

Extract text from game and config files (T3)

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How to extract text from your T3 file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your T3 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert T3 to another file type

To convert T3 games and configs to another format, you need HTML TADS or other Game software.

Convert a file to T3

To convert other file formats to the "Interactive Fiction" file type, you need software like HTML TADS or a similar tool.

About T3 files

The .t3 extension is shared by two distinct binary formats that cannot be opened with standard text editors.

1. TADS 3 Interactive Fiction (Primary)

Most .t3 files are compiled story files created with TADS 3 (Text Adventure Development System). Unlike static documents, these are executable bytecode files meant to be run on a T3 Virtual Machine. Users often attempt to convert these to DOCX or PDF to read the story, but this is impossible because the file contains game logic, not just text.

Best Conversion Targets:

To Play (Web): The only way to "convert" the file for easy access is to run it through a web-based interpreter like Parchment or a WebUI server, effectively turning it into a playable HTML interface.
To Text: You cannot convert the file directly to text, but you can produce a transcript (.LOG or .TXT) of your gameplay session within the interpreter software.

2. Mircom TX3 Configuration (Secondary)

A significant minority of .t3 files are "Job Files" used by Mircom TX3 telephone access and door entry systems. These files store resident databases and panel settings.

Best Conversion Targets:

To Read/Edit: These are actually GZIP archives in disguise. You can rename the extension from .t3 to gz and extract the contents to view the internal raw data, though modifying it outside the official Mircom TX3 Configurator software is risky.

Convert.Guru analyzes your T3 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert T3 file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use HTML TADS or similar software from the "Interactive Fiction Game" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to T3, try HTML TADS or another comparable tool in the "Interactive Fiction Game" category.

The T3 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 T3 converter.