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.

User Folder

User Folder Location & Structure

Regardless of the program’s version, if the user has customized their User Path using the launcher, you can find the in the Windows registry key:

Regardless of the program’s version, customizing the User Path through the BeamNG.drive’s Launcher, a key in the Windows Registry is created containing this custom path.

This key is located in: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive\userpath_override.

Alternatively, it is also possible for the user to override the User Path by editing the startup.ini file located in the program’s root path.

Default User Folder Location

Prior to version 0.22, the the User Folder was not separated between each program’s version The default user folder location has been C:\Users\%USER%\My Documents\BeamNG.Drive.

Starting with version 0.22 the User Folder data is now versioned. In practice this means that the user data will now be located in %USER_FOLDER%\%GAME_VERSION% where GAME_VERSION indicates the current program version.

For versions < 0.22.2.0 the version string will read: %USER_FOLDER%\0.22.0.0.

For versions >= 0.22.2.0 the version string will read: %USER_FOLDER%\0.22.

The default user path has been updated to C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Local\BeamNG.Drive.

Determining The Game’s Version

Third party applications can determine the version of the installed copy of the program as follows:

Versions Older Than 0.21.0.0

There is no way to obtain version information for these versions of the program.

Versions Equal To 0.21.0.0

For this version, there is a Windows Registry Key available at Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive\version

Versions Greater Than 0.21.0.0

Besides the version registry key mentioned above, these files also provide the program’s version:

• %USER_FOLDER%\version.txt: File which contains the latest version number of the program.
• %USER_FOLDER%\latest.lnk: Windows shortcut to the latest versioned data folder used by the program.

Accessing User Folder

You can always use Launcher → Manage User Folder → Open in Explorer to navigate to the current user folder location.