Description

This variable will tell you the version number for the OS that is running your game. For example, if you are running it on an iPad with iOS 4 installed, os_version will be equal to 83890177.

The following table outlines the values that are returned:

Operating System	Version Name (version Number)	Return Value
Android	Cupcake (1.5) Donut (1.6) Eclair (2.0) Eclair (2.0.1) Eclair (2.1) Froyo (2.2.x) Gingerbread (2.3 - 2.3.2) Gingerbread (2.3.3 - 2.3.7) Honeycomb (3.0) Honeycomb (3.1) Honeycomb (3.2.x) Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.1 - 4.0.2) Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3 - 4.0.4) Jelly Bean (4.1.x) Jelly Bean (4.2.x) Jelly Bean (4.3.x) KitKat (4.4.x) Lollipop (5.0 - 5.1.1) Marshmallow (6.0 - 6.0.1) Nougat (7.0 - 7.11) Oreo (8.0 - 8.11) Pie (9.0)	3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 - 22 23 24 - 25 26 - 27 28
iOS The return value is calculated as: (major_version * 16777216) + (minor_version * 4096) + build_number	iOS 3 (3.1.3) iOS 4 (4.2.1) iOS 5 (5.1.1) iOS 6 (6.0.1) iOS 6 (6.0.2) iOS 6 (6.1) iOS 7 (7.0.4) iOS 7 (7.1) iOS 8 (8.0) iOS 8 (8.1) iOS 8 (8.2) iOS 8 (8.3) iOS 8 (8.4) iOS 8 (8.4.1) iOS 9 (9.0) iOS 9 (9.0.1) iOS 9 (9.0.2) iOS 9 (9.1) iOS 9 (9.2) iOS 9 (9.2.1) iOS 9 (9.3) iOS 10 (10.0) iOS 10 (10.1) iOS 10 (10.2) iOS 10 (10.3) iOS 11 (11.0) iOS 11 (11.1) iOS 11 (11.2) iOS 11 (11.3) iOS 11 (11.4) iOS 12 (12.0)	50335747 67117057 83890177 100663297 100663298 100667392 117440516 117444608 134217728 134221824 134225920 134230016 134234112 134234113 150994944 150994945 150994946 150999040 151003136 151003137 151007232 167772160 167776256 167780352 167784448 184549376 184553472 184557568 184561664 184565760 201326592
macOS X The return value is calculated as: (major_version * 16777216) + (minor_version * 4096) + build_number	Cheetah (10.0.4) Puma (10.1.5) Jaguar (10.2.8) Panther (10.3.9) Tiger (10.4.11) Leopard (10.5.8) Snow Leopard (10.6.8) Lion (10.7.5) Mountain Lion (10.8.2) Mavericks (10.9.1) Yosemite (10.10) El Capitan (10.11) Sierra (10.12) High Sierra (10.13) Mojave (10.14)	167772164 167776261 167780360 167784457 167788555 167792648 167796744 167800837 167804930 167809025 167813120 167817216 167821312 167825408 167829504
Windows (the return value is calculated as: majorVersion * 65536 + minorVersion)	Windows 2000 (5.0) Windows XP (5.1) Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (5.2) Windows Server 2003 (5.2) Windows Server 2003 R2 (5.2) Windows Vista (6.0) Windows Server 2008 (6.0) Windows Server 2008 R2 (6.1) Windows 7 (6.1) Windows Server 2012 (6.2) Windows 8 (6.2) Windows 8.1 (6.3) Windows 10 (10.0)<.nt>	327680 327681 327682 327682 327682 393216 393216 393217 393217 393218 393218 393219 655360

NOTE: Should you require further information about the Windows OS you can use the environment_get_variable.

Syntax:

os_version

Returns:

Real

Example:

if os_type == os_android && os_version > 10
    {
    global.GFX = 1;
    }

The above code checks the os type and version number and they are both correct then the global variable is set to 1.