Defold: Read the Version the Editor Already Shows
This chapter finds the version string that is already on screen. The next chapter records it only when it starts with <strong>1.14</strong>, and only on a lab project.
Why this matters now
<a href="https://defold.com/2026/10/12/Defold-1-14-0/">Defold 1.14.0</a> was released on October 12, 2026. The shipping project should stay on the editor that already built it until you have copied a <strong>1.14</strong> string from a lab project.
<strong>You will do:</strong> look at the version the editor is already showing.
<strong>Time:</strong> about <strong>5 minutes</strong>.
Prerequisites
- The Defold editor
- A lab project that is not the project you ship
Read the string
- Open the lab project.
- Copy the version string from the window title, or from whatever version line is already visible. Do not hunt for a menu name this page did not give you.
- If no version string is visible, stop.
- Leave the shipping project closed.
<strong>Check:</strong> you have a version string, or you stopped because none was on screen.
Where to go next
- <strong>The 1.14 check:</strong> <a href="/guides/defold?chapter=defold-1-14-one-version-string-on-a-lab-project-preflight-2026-preflight">One version string on a lab project</a>
- <strong>The release:</strong> <a href="https://defold.com/2026/10/12/Defold-1-14-0/">Defold 1.14.0</a>
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<strong>Read the version that is already visible.</strong> Do not open the shipping project to compare.