Grand Theft Auto animation
File type: Game file
.ifp files contain animation data used by Grand Theft Auto games.
They are game files associated with the Windows versions of Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto IV.
Found 2 different file type records with the same ifp filename suffix.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 11, 2026
The .ifp format is a proprietary animation format used by Rockstar Games in the Grand Theft Auto series. An IFP file stores animation data used by characters and other animated game objects.
The files form part of the game data rather than being standalone media files. The game reads them together with its other models, textures and resources to provide animations during play.
This is a legacy game format associated with the Windows releases of Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto IV. Specialized Grand Theft Auto modding or 3D tools may support viewing or editing these files, but support is not provided by general-purpose media applications.
An .ifp file is normally loaded automatically by the compatible Windows version of Grand Theft Auto and is not intended to be opened as a document.
To inspect or edit it, use a specialized Grand Theft Auto modding or 3D tool that supports the game's IFP animation format. Such tools may require plugins or additional game files.
There is no standard conversion for .ifp files. They are proprietary game animation resources, not general-purpose video or 3D animation files.
Specialized Grand Theft Auto modding tools may provide limited import or export to another supported animation format, but the available options depend on the particular game and tool.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ifp files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: February 11, 2020
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The ifp file extension has been also used in KnowledgeMan, an earlier application development system for DOS, OS/2, VMS and Unix environments from Micro Data Base Systems, Inc., Lafayette, IN.
It included an RDBMS, object-based 4GL programming and integrated functions, allowing, for example, database queries to update spreadsheets or results to be embedded in text documents. In the mid-1990s, KnowledgeMan's features and functionality were folded into Micro Data Base's GURU product line that included a 32-bit database engine with the advanced features of an expert system.
It is likely that these *.ifp files could have been accessed only in old KnowledgeMan.
It does not seem to be possible to convert this type of *.ifp files to anything else.
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