For the first time in Liftoff, players can fully customize their HUD with the new OSD Editor.
This tool introduces layout creation, editing, and sharing, giving you more control over how flight data appears in-game!



This is the first version of the OSD Editor.
If you have questions or experience any issues, then be sure to let us know!

There is a brand-new On-Screen Display section in the Game options.


(fig. Game options: On-Screen Display)

Here you can select an OSD layout or navigate to the Steam Workshop to browse OSD layouts made by the community!


But to create your own layout, we'll proceed to the OSD Editor!

To make your own layouts we have build the OSD Editor, with this tool you can make your own layouts, manage them and share them via the Steam Workshop.

(fig. OSD Editor panel)

A quick-navigation button to the OSD Editor is included at the On-Screen Display selection menu.

(fig. Quick navigation button)


(fig. OSD Editor - Clean slate)

When you open to the tool for the first time, you will have no custom layouts of your own. To make one you can choose between two templates: a completely clean slate or the default layout used by Liftoff.

(fig. New layout popup)


Once you have chosen your layout template, your new layout will be opened in the layout editor shown in the image below:
(fig. Layout editor)


This menu is divided into several sections:

(fig. Item spawning buttons)

In the tool, graphical elements of your OSD are called OSD items.
With this menu you can add new OSD items to your OSD layout, simply click on the item you want to add, and it’ll appear pre-selected in the layout window.


(fig. Item layout window)

In this window you can view, select and move the OSD items your current layout.
To select any item, simply click on it in this window and a highlight will appear as confirmation.
OSD items can be dragged, slid, snapped and nudged to your preferred location!


When you select an item, it gets highlighted- and the OSD item spawner menu gets replaced with the OSD item inspector. This window will show you information about the item and menus for all its modifiable properties.


(fig. Item inspector)

In this example (see image) we have selected the Altitude Display which has basic layout settings, like Alignment and Order- but also individual settings like the Text Color.

Alignment decides which screen point the item is attached to, its position will always be relative to that point, no matter the display resolution.

Order decides if the item is behind or in-front of other items in the layout.


To change the view or behavior of the Layout window, you can change the settings in this movable & collapsable Display settings menu.


(fig. Display settings panel)

To unfold or collapse the menu, simply click on the menu title.
In this menu you can adjust the preview resolution, the preview background, to show/hide the background grid and to enable/disable OSD Items snapping to the background grid.

Toggling Snap to grid will change the behavior of how items are dragged or nudged in the Layout window.

NOTE: the preview resolution does NOT change the saved resolution of your OSD layout, it only shows how it will look on the various resolutions supported by your display.

You can move the Display settings menu by dragging the button in the top right corner (see image).

(fig. Display settings panel(dragged))



(fig. General information panel)

Finally, we have the General information panel. Here you can name your layout, save it and leave the Layout editor with the [Return to file menu] button.
Pressing save again will overwrite the currently loaded layout.


(fig. Layouts file menu)

Once you have created your own OSD layouts, they’ll show up in the OSD Editor’s file menu (see image above).
You can edit, share and delete your own layouts within this menu.

As long as you have layouts of your own, this will be the menu you’re greeted with when you enter the OSD editor.

This chapter gets its own section so you can quickly find it next time you need to.

The OSD Editor has the following shortcuts:

Once you create a custom layout of your own, or subscribe to a layout on the Steam Workshop, it’ll show up in the 'On-Screen Display' game options on the main- & in-game menus!


(fig. New layout in list)



(fig. Custom HUD in-game)

Happy flying!