Version Information

This page provides information on how Third Party applications can detect where the User Folder is located, and how to detect the version of the installed copy of the game.

Accessing the User Folder Manually

Go to Launcher → Manage User Folder → Open in Explorer.

Accessing the User Folder Programmatically

First, open the ini file:

• Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive.ini
• Linux: ~/.local/share/BeamNG/BeamNG.drive.ini

Then, look for a line with key userFolder = xxx:

• If it exists, and xxx is absolute, that’s the location.
• If it exists, and xxx is relative, the location is relative to the INI’s directory.
• If it exists, and xxx is empty, the location is the default.
• If it doesn’t exist, the location is the default.

If the location is not yet known from lastd step, then the default is:

• Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive\current
• Linux: ~/.local/share/BeamNG/BeamNG.drive/current

Accessing the Version Programmatically

First, open the ini file:

• Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive.ini
• Linux: ~/.local/share/BeamNG/BeamNG.drive.ini

Look for a line with key version = xxx:

• xxx will be the version number (typically a dot-separated list of numbers)