XCR Converter

Extract text from XCR files


Drop or upload your .XCR file
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How to extract text from your XCR file

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

Convert XCR to another file type

To convert your XCR file to another format, you need Warlords Battlecry III or other Game software.

Convert a file to XCR

To convert other file formats to the "Game Data Archive" file type, you need software like Warlords Battlecry III or a similar tool.


About XCR files

The .XCR file extension serves as a proprietary container format primarily used by the real-time strategy game Warlords Battlecry III, developed by Infinite Interactive. These archives function similarly to a ZIP file but are locked within a specialized structure designed to obfuscate game assets, including textures, audio clips, and unit statistics. Because it is a compiled game archive, users cannot open .XCR files with standard compression utilities like WinRAR or 7-Zip. This is often a source of frustration for modders and gamers attempting to customize gameplay or view internal art assets, as the format is effectively a "black box" without the specific game engine or a dedicated community-built unpacker. To utilize the content inside an .XCR file, you typically need to extract - or "convert" - the internal data into standard formats. For visual assets, the target is usually PNG or TGA; for audio, it is WAV; and for configuration scripts, it is TXT or CSV.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert XCR file to , you can use Warlords Battlecry III or similar software from the "Game Asset Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to XCR, try Warlords Battlecry III or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset Archive" category.



The XCR 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 XCR converter.