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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.
What is m2 file?
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.
How to open m2 file?
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.
How to convert m2 file?
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.
Suggested software to open m2 file:
Associated software actions with the m2 file
Software applications that can open m2 files:
WoW Model Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
Programs for viewing m2 files:
WoW Model Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that import m2 files:
WoW Model Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving m2 files:
WoW Model Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
World of Warcraft (Multiplatform)
Juki embroidery design
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.
How to open m2 file?
Embird lists several of Juki formats as support.
How to convert m2 file?
As with any other embroidery formats, export is possible to other formats.
Associated software actions with the m2 file
Software applications that can open m2 files:
Embird Embroidery Software (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit m2 files:
Embird Embroidery Software (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving m2 files:
Embird Embroidery Software (Microsoft Windows)
Modula 2 language source file
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: May 17, 2013
The M2 file extension is also used for one of the source formats for Modula-2 programming language.
Modula-2 is a programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland in the late 70's. Wirth also developed Algol-W, Pascal, Modula, and Oberon.
Modula-2 corrects some of the deficiencies of Pascal. It is suitable for learning programming, for large projects written and maintained in the fashion of professional software engineers, and for real time embedded systems. Modula-2 is small, expressive, easy to learn and to read.
PC-98 game music
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: August 15, 2019
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.