over the hill Custom Livery Mods: Install and Create

Install a published livery

1. Open the over the hill page on mod.io and choose a livery made for your vehicle.
2. Subscribe to the mod and confirm it is enabled.
3. Launch the game and visit the garage or mechanic.
4. Open the Livery Mods tab for the matching vehicle, then select the subscribed paint job.

A vehicle tag controls discoverability. A pack without the correct tag may work through a direct subscription but fail to appear under the expected vehicle filter.

Create a livery pack

The official workflow uses an external image editor; there is no initial in-game paint editor. Download the official UV template for the vehicle, paint on that layout, and export the texture as PNG.

my-livery/
├── manifest.json
├── trail_sunset.png
└── trail_sunset_preview.png

manifest.json must use that exact filename and must point to the correct vehicle identifier and PNG. The manifest’s car value is the machine-readable name without spaces, while the mod.io vehicle tag uses the human-readable name.

Test locally before uploading

Put each test pack in its own subfolder under the game’s LocalLiveries folder. Keep it as a plain folder rather than a zip. At the mechanic, choose Show local mods, select the livery, and use Refresh local mods after editing the PNG or manifest.

Publish to mod.io

1. Test the livery locally on the intended vehicle.
2. Zip the manifest and referenced PNG files.
3. Create the mod entry on mod.io and upload the zip.
4. Add every matching human-readable vehicle tag.
5. Subscribe to the published version and verify it through the normal in-game browser.

What livery support does not cover