fxt2txt file - Grand Theft Auto

Tool created by Micheal Mendelson. Mirrored here for archival purposes. Includes source code.

Decoding *.FXT Files = All Program Messages

I wrote a small program that can decode the *.FXT files into text files that contain every output message in the game! It can decode every byte and encode it back. Read FXT2TXT.TXT in the archive to find out more. Downloading this may spoil some of your fun as you can read every message without having to play the game to reach it!

Short Archive (20 kB) contains only the FXT to TXT converter FXT2TXT.EXE (Version 1.1).
Get this if you only want to read the messages.

Long Archive (40 kB) contains both FXT2TXT and TXT2FXT and (slightly buggy) C++ Source Code.
Get this if you want to create your own messages and more.

Mission editing can now include message editing! (Use a help sign near the starting point to explain the changes, for example.)

• There's a message from Lara: [2605]. Do the numbers in message [2613] and [2617] mean anything? Message number [8787] points us to a good GTA Website ;-)

• Question: There is a SPECIAL.FXT that has almost the same messages as ENGLISH.TXT, only "FUCK" is used wherever possible (in NYC). Is there a way to activate this with a cheatcode? Yes: use IAMGARYPENN to activate and IAMNOTGARYPENN to switch back to normal!

Enjoy! Put the files up on your site if you feel they don't spoil too much of the fun! Distribute them to others! I am interested in helping produce a game/map editor...