Hello,
I would like to propose downgrading the version check that Godot
performs when it compares the binary and what a distributed .pck file
was created with. This is just for godot/pack1 and just for the minor
version. The reasons are as followed:
- Godot 3.x development is in maintenance mode and API changes are
expected to be rare.
- Releasing new versions for 3.x is not a priority for upstream at this
point. They still crank the minor version liberally.
- Some distributed games are built with upstream HEAD which is now at
3.7, but the latest release is 3.6.2. Such games don't launch with
the current state of our Godot port.
With this diff I can run the game "Brotato" again which runs fine on
longer playing with the 3.6.2 binary. There are likely more games doing
this.
With this diff, there is still a warning, so if stuff breaks anew, it
should be clear in the terminal output.
ok? comments?
Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/games/godot/pack1/Makefile,v
diff -u -p -r1.3 Makefile
--- Makefile 21 Mar 2026 20:27:25 -0000 1.3
+++ Makefile 14 May 2026 00:08:52 -0000
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ COMMENT-sharp= .NET libs for mono/C# mod
VERSION = 3.6.2
PKGNAME = godot3-${VERSION}
SHARPFILES_V = 3.5.2
-REVISION = 0
+REVISION = 1
MULTI_PACKAGES = -main -sharp
Index: patches/patch-core_io_file_access_pack_cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: patches/patch-core_io_file_access_pack_cpp
diff -N patches/patch-core_io_file_access_pack_cpp
--- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ patches/patch-core_io_file_access_pack_cpp 14 May 2026 00:08:52 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+With relative API stability in Godot 3.x, don't error when Godot bin
+minor is less than pack file minor, warn instead. This is stop refusing
+to run games that are built with HEAD and report higher minor version
+than latest release.
+
+Index: core/io/file_access_pack.cpp
+--- core/io/file_access_pack.cpp.orig
++++ core/io/file_access_pack.cpp
+@@ -211,10 +211,12 @@ bool PackedSourcePCK::try_open_pack(const String &p_pa
+ memdelete(f);
+ ERR_FAIL_V_MSG(false, "Pack version unsupported: " +
itos(version) + ".");
+ }
+- if (ver_major > VERSION_MAJOR || (ver_major == VERSION_MAJOR &&
ver_minor > VERSION_MINOR)) {
++ if (ver_major > VERSION_MAJOR) {
+ f->close();
+ memdelete(f);
+ ERR_FAIL_V_MSG(false, "Pack created with a newer version of the
engine: " + itos(ver_major) + "." + itos(ver_minor) + ".");
++ } else if (ver_major == VERSION_MAJOR && ver_minor > VERSION_MINOR) {
++ WARN_PRINT("Pack created with a newer version of the engine: "
+ itos(ver_major) + "." + itos(ver_minor) + ".");
+ }
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
