World of Warcraft model object file format
File type: Game file, 3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Files with m2 file extension are graphic models for the World of Warcraft MMORPG. These are commonly found within MPQ archives and used for various modding purposes.
Found 4 different file type records with the same m2 filename suffix.
File type category:
Game file
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: August 1, 2019
The m2 file extension is associated with the World of Warcraft MMORPG developed by Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft (WoW) is an online role-playing experience set in the award-winning Warcraft universe.
WoW stores models as m2 files, which is a Word of Warcraft proprietary file format. It contains a lot of data such as bones, vertices, textures used, animations, game settings and more.
These m2 files are stored in compressed mpq files. The MPQ files of interest are common.mpq, expansion.mpq and patch-x.mpq in the WoW\data directory.
It is difficult to open the *.m2 files, because they are stored in the MPQ Warcraft game archive and it not exist official description of M2 file from developers. Fans develops a special utility, that is called the WoW Model Viewer. the WoW Model Viewer can open *.m2 files, but it is not effective in all cases.
WoW Model Viewer supports export of *.m2 files into another 3D graphic formats such as Lightwave 3D, Waveform OBJ file, Milkshape 3D, Autodesk 3DS file, X3D & X3D in XHTML, but export is not effective in all cases and some bugs can be see in converted file.
Software applications that can open m2 files:
Microsoft Windows
Programs for viewing m2 files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that import m2 files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving m2 files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: November 6, 2023
File extension m2 is used for an embroidery or stitching design format from one of the machines produced by the Japanese company Juki.
Contains instructions in specific format for Juki machines, but might have been used in some older models only.
Embird lists several of Juki formats as support.
As with any other embroidery formats, export is possible to other formats.
Software applications that can open m2 files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit m2 files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving m2 files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: October 2, 2026
The .m2 file extension identifies source code for Modula-2. Depending on the compiler and project, the file can contain a module's declarations, implementation, or other Modula-2 program code.
Modula-2 was developed by Niklaus Wirth at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in the late 1970s. Wirth also developed Algol-W, Pascal, Modula, and Oberon.
Modula-2 was designed to address some deficiencies of Pascal. It is suitable for learning programming, for large projects developed and maintained using professional software-engineering practices, and for real-time embedded systems. The language is small, expressive, and designed to be easy to learn and read.
Open an .m2 file in a text editor to read or modify its source code. To build or run it, use a Modula-2 compiler or development environment that supports the file's particular project and module conventions.
A source file may depend on other Modula-2 module files, so opening it alone may not be enough to compile the complete program.
There is no general-purpose conversion that turns a Modula-2 source file into an equivalent file for another programming language. A compatible Modula-2 compiler can compile the source into program files for its target platform.
Porting the source to another language requires rewriting it.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: August 15, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The m2 file extension is associated with the computer games developed for PC-98 a Japanese computer platform based on Intel processor, developed by NEC.
The m2 file stores music data.
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