Get VALORANT client/build version from game executable

get_client_version.py

import pefile


def get_product_version(data: bytes) -> str:
    pe = pefile.PE(data=data, fast_load=True)
    pe.parse_data_directories(
        directories=[pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"]]
    )
    for file_info in pe.FileInfo:
        for entry in file_info:
            if entry.name == "StringFileInfo":
                for string_table in entry.StringTable:
                    if pv := string_table.entries.get(b"ProductVersion", None):
                        return pv.decode()
    return "1"


def get_client_version(game_path, patchline):
    with open(
        f"{game_path}/{patchline}/ShooterGame/Binaries/Win64/VALORANT-Win64-Shipping.exe",
        "rb",
    ) as game_bin:
        data = game_bin.read()
        pattern = "++Ares-Core+".encode("utf-16-le")
        pos = data.find(pattern) + len(pattern)
        branch, build_date, build_version, version, *_ = filter(
            None, data[pos : pos + 128].decode("utf-16-le").split("\x00")
        )
        # in some cases build version is not included in this block
        if "." in build_version:
            version = build_version
            build_version = get_product_version(data)
        # just to follow what the game does
        return "%s%s-%s-%d" % (
            branch,
            "-shipping",
            build_version,
            int(version.rsplit(".", 1)[1]),
        )


print(get_client_version(game_path=R"C:\Riot Games\VALORANT", patchline="live"))