3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/core/config/engine.cpp b/core/config/engine.cpp
index d8fbb50a75..dc5b3e25c6 100644
--- a/core/config/engine.cpp
+++ b/core/config/engine.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Dictionary Engine::get_version_info() const {
 static Array array_from_info(const char *const *info_list) {
 	Array arr;
 	for (int i = 0; info_list[i] != nullptr; i++) {
-		arr.push_back(info_list[i]);
+		arr.push_back(String::utf8(info_list[i]));
 	}
 	return arr;
 }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static Array array_from_info(const char *const *info_list) {
 static Array array_from_info_count(const char *const *info_list, int info_count) {
 	Array arr;
 	for (int i = 0; i < info_count; i++) {
-		arr.push_back(info_list[i]);
+		arr.push_back(String::utf8(info_list[i]));
 	}
 	return arr;
 }
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ Array Engine::get_copyright_info() const {
 	for (int component_index = 0; component_index < COPYRIGHT_INFO_COUNT; component_index++) {
 		const ComponentCopyright &cp_info = COPYRIGHT_INFO[component_index];
 		Dictionary component_dict;
-		component_dict["name"] = cp_info.name;
+		component_dict["name"] = String::utf8(cp_info.name);
 		Array parts;
 		for (int i = 0; i < cp_info.part_count; i++) {
 			const ComponentCopyrightPart &cp_part = cp_info.parts[i];
 			Dictionary part_dict;
 			part_dict["files"] = array_from_info_count(cp_part.files, cp_part.file_count);
 			part_dict["copyright"] = array_from_info_count(cp_part.copyright_statements, cp_part.copyright_count);
-			part_dict["license"] = cp_part.license;
+			part_dict["license"] = String::utf8(cp_part.license);
 			parts.push_back(part_dict);
 		}
 		component_dict["parts"] = parts;
diff --git a/core/config/project_settings.cpp b/core/config/project_settings.cpp
index 562cbbdd27..f37e7f5956 100644
--- a/core/config/project_settings.cpp
+++ b/core/config/project_settings.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 #include "core/os/os.h"
 #include "core/variant/variant_parser.h"
 
+const String ProjectSettings::PROJECT_DATA_DIR_NAME_SUFFIX = "godot";
+
 ProjectSettings *ProjectSettings::singleton = nullptr;
 
 ProjectSettings *ProjectSettings::get_singleton() {
@@ -521,7 +523,8 @@ Error ProjectSettings::setup(const String &p_path, const String &p_main_pack, bo
 	}
 
 	// Updating the default value after the project settings have loaded.
-	project_data_dir_name = GLOBAL_GET("application/config/project_data_dir_name");
+	bool use_hidden_directory = GLOBAL_GET("application/config/use_hidden_project_data_directory");
+	project_data_dir_name = (use_hidden_directory ? "." : "") + PROJECT_DATA_DIR_NAME_SUFFIX;
 
 	// Using GLOBAL_GET on every block for compressing can be slow, so assigning here.
 	Compression::zstd_long_distance_matching = GLOBAL_GET("compression/formats/zstd/long_distance_matching");
@@ -1094,7 +1097,7 @@ ProjectSettings::ProjectSettings() {
 	custom_prop_info["application/run/main_scene"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "application/run/main_scene", PROPERTY_HINT_FILE, "*.tscn,*.scn,*.res");
 	GLOBAL_DEF("application/run/disable_stdout", false);
 	GLOBAL_DEF("application/run/disable_stderr", false);
-	project_data_dir_name = GLOBAL_DEF_RST("application/config/project_data_dir_name", ".godot");
+	GLOBAL_DEF_RST("application/config/use_hidden_project_data_directory", true);
 	GLOBAL_DEF("application/config/use_custom_user_dir", false);
 	GLOBAL_DEF("application/config/custom_user_dir_name", "");
 	GLOBAL_DEF("application/config/project_settings_override", "");
diff --git a/core/config/project_settings.h b/core/config/project_settings.h
index 82f04b94df..ca37401751 100644
--- a/core/config/project_settings.h
+++ b/core/config/project_settings.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class ProjectSettings : public Object {
 
 public:
 	typedef Map<String, Variant> CustomMap;
+	static const String PROJECT_DATA_DIR_NAME_SUFFIX;
 
 	enum {
 		//properties that are not for built in values begin from this value, so builtin ones are displayed first