Extract text from Virt-A-Mate assets (VAM)
To convert VAM assets to another format, you need Virt-A-Mate or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Simulation Asset Package" file type, you need software like Virt-A-Mate or a similar tool.
The .VAM extension serves two distinct, incompatible purposes, creating significant confusion for users trying to open them. The most common iteration (approx. 29%) is a Character Asset Package used by Virt-A-Mate, a highly customizable adult sandbox simulation game. These files are typically JSON-formatted text files that define character morphs, skin textures, and scene logic. They are strictly data containers meant to be read by the game engine; they cannot be "played" like a media file, and opening them in a standard editor just shows raw code. Users often need to inspect the code to debug assets or extract embedded resource references.
Alternatively, a .VAM file may be a Video Alarm Management recording (approx. 27%), often sourced from railroad or industrial surveillance systems. While these files contain audio-visual data, they frequently use proprietary codecs or non-standard headers that prevent playback in Windows Media Player or QuickTime. This proprietary lock-in makes sharing evidence or archiving footage difficult. For these video files, the best workflow is converting them to standard MP4 or MKV formats for universal compatibility. In many cases, these are simply AVI containers with a renamed extension, meaning robust tools like VLC media player can often play or transcoding them directly.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VAM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted VAR, VAB, VMB, ASSETBUNDLE, FBX, OBJ, BLEND, ZIP, JPG, PDF and DAZ files.
If you want to convert VAM file to DAZ, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL or PLY, you can use Virt-A-Mate or similar software from the "Game Asset & Surveillance Video" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to VAM, try Virt-A-Mate or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset & Surveillance Video" 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 VAM converter.