diff --git a/autogen/convert_constants.py b/autogen/convert_constants.py
index b394e727..9a85e45a 100644
--- a/autogen/convert_constants.py
+++ b/autogen/convert_constants.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def process_define(filename, line):
         if p.startswith('0x'):
             continue
         p = re.sub(r'0x[a-fA-F0-9]+', '', p)
-        if re.search('[a-z]', p) != None and "VERSION_TEXT" not in line:
+        if re.search('[a-z]', p) != None and "VERSION_TEXT" not in line and "SM64COOPDX_VERSION" not in line:
             if 'gCurrentObject' not in line and verbose:
                 print('UNRECOGNIZED DEFINE: ' + line)
             return None
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def build_to_c(built_files):
     txt = 'char gSmluaConstants[] = ""\n'
     for line in lines:
         txt += '"%s\\n"\n' % line
-    txt += '"SM64COOPDX_VERSION = VERSION_TEXT .. VERSION_NUMBER .. \'.\' .. MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER .. (PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER > 0 and \'.\' .. PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER or \'\')";'
+    txt += ';'
     return txt
 
 ############################################################################
diff --git a/autogen/lua_definitions/constants.lua b/autogen/lua_definitions/constants.lua
index c69e5b24..c37bfbbb 100644
--- a/autogen/lua_definitions/constants.lua
+++ b/autogen/lua_definitions/constants.lua
@@ -12612,8 +12612,11 @@ MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER = 0
 --- @type integer
 PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER = 0
 
+--- @type string
+SM64COOPDX_VERSION = "v1.0"
+
 --- @type integer
-VERSION_NUMBER = 1
+VERSION_NUMBER = 37
 
 --- @type string
 VERSION_REGION = "JP"
@@ -12628,4 +12631,4 @@ VERSION_REGION = "SH"
 VERSION_REGION = "US"
 
 --- @type string
-VERSION_TEXT = "v"
+VERSION_TEXT = "beta"
diff --git a/docs/lua/constants.md b/docs/lua/constants.md
index 7ad5198a..4e2d818c 100644
--- a/docs/lua/constants.md
+++ b/docs/lua/constants.md
@@ -4481,6 +4481,7 @@
 - MAX_VERSION_LENGTH
 - MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER
 - PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER
+- SM64COOPDX_VERSION
 - VERSION_NUMBER
 - VERSION_REGION
 - VERSION_REGION
diff --git a/src/pc/lua/smlua_constants_autogen.c b/src/pc/lua/smlua_constants_autogen.c
index 48af2137..e8284ba4 100644
--- a/src/pc/lua/smlua_constants_autogen.c
+++ b/src/pc/lua/smlua_constants_autogen.c
@@ -4400,8 +4400,9 @@ char gSmluaConstants[] = ""
 "COOP_OBJ_FLAG_LUA = (1 << 1)\n"
 "COOP_OBJ_FLAG_NON_SYNC = (1 << 2)\n"
 "COOP_OBJ_FLAG_INITIALIZED = (1 << 3)\n"
-"VERSION_TEXT = 'v'\n"
-"VERSION_NUMBER = 1\n"
+"SM64COOPDX_VERSION = 'v1.0'\n"
+"VERSION_TEXT = 'beta'\n"
+"VERSION_NUMBER = 37\n"
 "MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER = 0\n"
 "PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER = 0\n"
 "VERSION_REGION = 'JP'\n"
@@ -4409,4 +4410,4 @@ char gSmluaConstants[] = ""
 "VERSION_REGION = 'SH'\n"
 "VERSION_REGION = 'US'\n"
 "MAX_VERSION_LENGTH = 32\n"
-"SM64COOPDX_VERSION = VERSION_TEXT .. VERSION_NUMBER .. '.' .. MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER .. (PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER > 0 and '.' .. PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER or '')";
\ No newline at end of file
+;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pc/network/version.c b/src/pc/network/version.c
index dc3423d2..b655ee0f 100644
--- a/src/pc/network/version.c
+++ b/src/pc/network/version.c
@@ -6,17 +6,9 @@ static char sVersionString[MAX_VERSION_LENGTH] = { 0 };
 
 const char* get_version(void) {
 #if defined(VERSION_US)
-    if (PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER > 0) {
-        snprintf(sVersionString, MAX_VERSION_LENGTH, "%s%d.%d.%d", VERSION_TEXT, VERSION_NUMBER, MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER, PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER);
-    } else {
-        snprintf(sVersionString, MAX_VERSION_LENGTH, "%s%d.%d", VERSION_TEXT, VERSION_NUMBER, MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER);
-    }
+    snprintf(sVersionString, MAX_VERSION_LENGTH, "%s", SM64COOPDX_VERSION);
 #else
-    if (PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER > 0) {
-        snprintf(sVersionString, MAX_VERSION_LENGTH, "%s%d.%d.%d %s", VERSION_TEXT, VERSION_NUMBER, MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER, PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER, VERSION_REGION);
-    } else {
-        snprintf(sVersionString, MAX_VERSION_LENGTH, "%s%d.%d %s", VERSION_TEXT, VERSION_NUMBER, MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER, VERSION_REGION);
-    }
+    snprintf(sVersionString, MAX_VERSION_LENGTH, "%s %s", SM64COOPDX_VERSION, VERSION_REGION);
 #endif
     return sVersionString;
 }
diff --git a/src/pc/network/version.h b/src/pc/network/version.h
index f13bcc79..af312b86 100644
--- a/src/pc/network/version.h
+++ b/src/pc/network/version.h
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_H
 #define VERSION_H
 
-#define VERSION_TEXT "v"
-#define VERSION_NUMBER 1
+#define SM64COOPDX_VERSION "v1.0"
+
+// sm64ex-coop version, for mod compatibility
+#define VERSION_TEXT "beta"
+#define VERSION_NUMBER 37
 #define MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER 0
 #define PATCH_VERSION_NUMBER 0