Subject: Re: File types and explanations, game rules
You can download a graphics converter here:
http://alcr.zaural.net/maxgraphconv.rar
It takes care of most of max.res's files, others are either almost irrelevant of text data.
Example - tips and help_eng contains text, clanatrb contains clans information, soundvol - sound info, and the most important one - Attribs contains unit parameters.
Artyom Litvinovich