Version Information
This page provides information on how Third-Party applications can detect where the User Folder is located, and how to detect which version of the game is installed.
User Folder
User Folder Location & Structure
Regardless of the program’s version, when customizing the User Path through the BeamNG.drive’s Launcher a key is created in the Windows Registry 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 versions.
The default user folder location was C:\Users\%USER%\My Documents\BeamNG.Drive.
Starting with version 0.22 the User Folder data is 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 installed version 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 version:
%USER_FOLDER%\version.txt: This file contains the latest version number of the program.
Accessing User Folder
You can always use Launcher → Manage User Folder → Open user folder to navigate to the current user folder location.
