AAS File - opening and understanding
Did your computer fail to open an AAS file? We explain what they are used for and recommend software that we know can open or otherwise handle your .AAS files.
What is an AAS file?
An .AAS file is an Advanced Authoring System adventure file. AAS is an acronym for Advanced Authoring System. AAS is a system used to create text-based adventure games. They chose an XML-based design for AAS due to time constrictions. With this design, the GUI and game interpreter could be run in Java. Within a month, they set up the AAS manual, the AAS interpreter engine, the GUI, the AAS IDE, and the AAS interpreter's encryption. After the setup was complete, some of the members wrote and released a few sample games. Now AAS is available for all interactive fiction fans to enjoy.
How to open AAS files
You will need a program compatible with the specific file you are trying to open, as different programs may use files with file extension AAS for different purposes.
While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested 4 different AAS openers which you will find listed below.
Other file formats using extension .AAS
While Advanced Authoring System adventure is a popular type of AAS-file, we know of 2 different uses of the .AAS extension.
The AAS file extension indicates to your device which app can open the file. However, different apps may use the same file extension for different types of data. So an AAS opener may not be able to open all kinds of AAS files. In this case, look through both formats to make sure you find the best suited AAS viewer.
Archos signed / encrypted data
Through our analysis of AAS files, we know that one use of the format is Archos signed / encrypted data. We have not yet described in detail what these files contain and what they are used for, but our team is working tiredlessly through thousands of file formats. We'd love hearing from you if you have information about the format.
While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested 4 different AAS openers which you will find listed below.
Various viewers for this file format
These apps are known to open certain types of AAS files. Remember, different programs may use AAS files for different purposes, so you may need to try out a few of them to be able to open your specific file.
 | Audio Precision AP2700 | User submitted |
 | Array Acoustics Post-processing | User submitted |
 | APWIN Application | User submitted |
 | Audio Precision ATS | User submitted |
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