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Current · 7 June 2026
Last updated: June 6, 2026
1.1. These Terms govern the relationship between Valeriy Semenov (below "I", "operator", "developer") and users of the Moddingflow website at <https://moddingflow.com> (below "website", "service", "Moddingflow").
1.2. Moddingflow is a modding forum and community. The service may include public pages, registration and personal account, user profiles, forum topics and replies, pages for mods and builds, guides, news, comments, reactions, ratings, search, notifications, reports, moderation, Premium features, payment features, and technical integrations with external services.
1.3. The website may contain test features, downloads, authorization through short-term tokens, Premium access, or other related functions. Such functions apply only to the extent in which they are expressly available to the user.
1.4. Additional rules for individual sections of the website, for example community rules, publication instructions for mods, or technical upload requirements, form part of these Terms if they are published on the website and relate to the relevant function. A violation of applicable community rules is also a violation of these Terms where the rule relates to the website function being used.
1.5. If any provision of these Terms conflicts with mandatory consumer rights or another mandatory rule of applicable law, that mandatory rule applies and the remaining part of the Terms remains in force.
1.6. The service is intended for users older than 16. If you are under 16, you may use the service only with the consent of your parents or legal representatives where such consent is required by law.
1.7. By using the service, you confirm that you may enter into this contract under the law applicable to you and that use of the website is not prohibited for you by law, court decision, sanctions rules, payment provider rules, or the terms of a third-party platform through which you use the service.
1.8. The service is not intended for use where its provision, receipt, payment, file download, community participation, or access to related functions is prohibited by applicable law. I do not guarantee availability of the website, Premium, payments, downloads, or related functions in all countries and regions.
1.9. If you use the website from another country, you are responsible for complying with local rules applicable to you, including rules on user content, mods, digital services, taxes, consumer law, sanctions, and online-service restrictions.
1.10. Access to individual functions may require an account, confirmed email, valid session, two-factor authentication, absence of active moderation restrictions, technical compatibility, acceptance of current legal documents, or fulfillment of payment provider requirements.
1.11. If NSFW/18+ materials or a function for hiding/unlocking such content are available on the website, by unlocking, viewing, publishing, uploading, or marking such content you confirm that you are already 18 years old and have reached the age of majority in your country of residence. If this is not true, you may not unlock, view, publish, or upload NSFW/18+ content on the website.
1.12. If the law applicable to you sets stricter age limits for access to certain content, you must comply with such limits yourself.
2.1. The service operator is:
Valeriy Semenov
Email: <moddingflow@gmail.com>
Address: stated on the Legal Information page (Impressum).
2.2. I am located in Germany. The operation of the website takes into account applicable rules of Germany and the European Union, including the BGB, DDG, TDDDG, GDPR/DSGVO and, where applicable, the Digital Services Act.
2.3. For legally significant notices, use the email stated above unless the website provides a special channel for a specific matter, for example a reporting function, moderation appeal, or payment portal.
2.4. The single point of contact for Digital Services Act notices, including notices from users and competent authorities: <moddingflow@gmail.com>. Languages for DSA notices from competent authorities: German and English. Russian may be used for user requests on a best-effort basis, but it is not a mandatory language for notices from competent authorities.
3.1. Public pages of the website may be viewed without registration. By using interactive functions, registering an account, publishing materials, submitting reports, or purchasing Premium, you accept these Terms.
3.2. The contract for use of an account is concluded when the account is registered or when the Terms are first expressly accepted if the account already existed and the website requested renewed acceptance of an updated version.
3.3. The contract for paid features is concluded when the relevant feature is ordered and paid for through the indicated payment service, unless the payment page states otherwise. Access may be confirmed by activation of Premium, display of subscription status, an email from the payment provider, or a message in the account.
3.4. The text of these Terms is available on the website for reading, downloading, and printing. I may store a technical record of which version of the legal documents you accepted where this is necessary to prove the contract, comply with the law, ensure security, or protect against abuse.
3.5. When creating an account, you must provide a correct email and must not use another person's data, misleading names, official designations to which you have no rights, or styling that creates the impression of a connection with the website administration without permission.
3.6. One user must not create or use additional accounts to circumvent a ban, limits, moderation, payment restrictions, security requirements, reports, or other administration decisions. An additional account is not prohibited by itself if it is not used for abuse and does not violate the rules of a specific section.
4.1. The website provides a platform for a modding community. Users may read materials, create accounts, publish topics and replies, discuss mods and builds, add descriptions, images, links, guides, comments, reactions, and other materials where such functions are available.
4.2. I may develop, change, temporarily limit, or discontinue individual website functions where this is necessary for security, stability, moderation, maintenance, legal compliance, project architecture changes, or development of the service.
4.3. I do not guarantee permanent availability of the website, any particular audience size, preservation of a publication's position in search results, availability of a specific function, support response speed, or compatibility of all materials with every device, browser, game, mod manager, or game version.
4.4. Individual website functions may be in development, testing, or limited launch. They may work unstably, change, be temporarily unavailable, or require additional conditions if this is expressly stated in the interface or documentation.
4.5. Before installing mods, builds, patches, or files found through the website, it is recommended to make backups of saves, profiles, configurations, and other important data.
5.1. User content means any materials that a user publishes, uploads, sends, or makes available through the website: texts, topics, replies, comments, images, avatars, banners, descriptions of mods and builds, links, files, media, reports, feedback, reactions, nicknames, statuses, and other profile elements.
5.2. You retain rights to your content, but you grant me a free-of-charge, non-exclusive, territorially unlimited license to store, display, technically copy, cache, process, moderate, index, publish, adapt to the website interface, create previews and thumbnails, technically transcode, back up, deliver through a CDN, and transmit content to technical providers, to the extent necessary for the operation of Moddingflow.
5.3. This license lasts until the content or account is deleted, unless further storage or display is necessary for lawful purposes: ordinary backup periods, security logs, moderation records, protection against claims, statutory retention periods, compliance with legal obligations, preservation of discussion integrity, or anonymized display of previously published materials.
5.4. You confirm that you have the rights, permissions, or licenses necessary to publish content on the website. This is especially important for mods, builds, screenshots, images, archives, third-party texts, logos, game files, materials from other modding platforms, and links to external downloads.
5.4.1. You are responsible for the content that you publish, upload, send, or make available through the website. This includes responsibility for the legality of the content, accuracy of material statements, existence of necessary rights, correct labeling, absence of malicious files, phishing, scam advertising, illegal links, and violation of rights of other users or third parties.
5.4.2. If claims, complaints, demands, blocks, fines, processing costs, or legal costs are asserted against me, the website, other users, or providers because of your content, links, files, or actions, you may be liable within the limits provided by applicable law.
5.4.3. If you publish a mod, build, patch, preset, configuration, or other downloadable material, you must state the applicable license or terms of use. Unless otherwise expressly stated, other users may view the page for that material and download it only for personal non-commercial use.
5.4.4. Republication, sale, inclusion in builds, modification, or distribution of such material outside Moddingflow is permitted only with the author's permission, under the material's license, or under applicable law.
5.4.5. When publishing materials, you must state credits, dependencies, third-party assets, requirements of authors of original mods, and license restrictions if they apply to your material.
5.5. It is prohibited to publish or distribute through the website pirated copies of games, paid mods, DLC, third-party software, stolen assets, private builds without the author's permission, activation keys, DRM circumvention, malicious files, or instructions whose main purpose is illegal access.
5.6. If you publish a link to an external resource, you are responsible for ensuring that the link does not lead to illegal, malicious, deceptive, or rights-infringing material. I may remove or restrict such links without prior notice if there are indications of a violation.
5.7. By sending ideas, suggestions, bug reports, or feedback, you permit their use for the development of the website, launcher, and related functions without separate remuneration unless otherwise agreed in writing.
5.8. The website code, interface structure, design, interface texts, logos, visual elements, databases, collections of materials, service tools, documentation, search functions, and other elements of Moddingflow that are not user content or third-party materials belong to me or to the relevant right holders and are protected by applicable law.
5.9. These Terms do not transfer to you ownership or exclusive rights to the website, code, design, marks, service materials, databases, or service infrastructure. You receive only a limited right to use the available website functions in accordance with these Terms.
5.10. If the website uses open libraries, frameworks, fonts, icons, images, game names, or other third-party materials, rights to them belong to the relevant right holders and are governed by their licenses. These Terms do not give you additional rights to such materials.
5.11. If you publish or upload NSFW/18+ content, you must correctly mark it as NSFW/18+ if such a mark or category is available on the website. NSFW/18+ materials must not be disguised as ordinary content, previews, avatars, banners, links, or attachments if this may cause such material to be shown to users who have not unlocked it or should not see it.
5.12. NSFW/18+ on Moddingflow means only non-pornographic adult/erotic content permitted by the website rules. Pornographic content, explicit sexual acts, sexual gameplay focus, and other prohibited sexual content are not allowed even with an NSFW/18+ mark. Materials involving minors, sexualization of minors, illegal sexual content, materials without the necessary consent of depicted persons, blackmail, intimate materials published without permission, and any other content prohibited by law or website rules are also forbidden.
6.1. Moddingflow is an independent project. If the website mentions games, mods, game studios, publishers, platforms, stores, logos, trademarks, or names of third-party services, this is done to identify and discuss the relevant materials.
6.2. Unless expressly stated otherwise, Moddingflow is not an official product of Bethesda, Microsoft, Valve, Nexus Mods, Discord, Google, Stripe, or other right holders and providers.
6.3. The user must comply with licenses, rules, and terms of third-party games, platforms, modding services, and mod authors. Discussion or a link on the website does not mean that the material is approved by me, safe, lawful, or compatible with the rules of a third-party platform.
7.1. When using the website it is prohibited to:
7.2. This list is not exhaustive. I may restrict actions that clearly harm security, legality, community fairness, or normal operation of the website even if they are not expressly named in the list.
7.3. Ordinary indexing of public pages by search engines is not prohibited if it respects robots.txt, rate limits, technical restrictions, user rights, and does not interfere with stable operation of the website. The same applies to permitted use of APIs if such an API is available now or appears in the future.
8.1. I may moderate the website manually, automatically, or by mixed means. Moderation may apply to public content, profiles, reports, uploads, links, accounts, payment indicators, technical events, and security-related actions.
8.2. Depending on the situation, I may:
8.3. Users, persons whose rights are affected, trusted flaggers where applicable, and competent authorities may report illegal content, rights violations, or rule violations through the reporting functions on the website or through the DSA contact point stated in section 2.
8.4. A DSA / Notice and Action notice must contain, as far as applicable to the specific case: the exact URL or other precise location of the material; a description of the reason why the material is considered illegal; the name and email of the notifier; and confirmation of the notifier's good-faith belief in the accuracy and completeness of the notice. If applicable law permits omission of the name or email for certain categories of notices concerning CSAM or similar especially sensitive illegal materials, such information may be omitted within the limits allowed by law.
8.5. If the notice contains an electronic contact for the notifier, I will acknowledge receipt of the DSA notice without undue delay where this is required by applicable law and technically possible.
8.6. After processing a DSA notice, I will inform the notifier of the decision taken and available appeal options where this is required by applicable law, an electronic contact is provided, and notification is not prohibited by law or security requirements.
8.7. When content, an account, or a related function is restricted because of alleged illegality of material or violation of these Terms, the user receives a clear statement of reasons if I have an electronic contact for the user and notification is not prohibited by law, does not create a security risk, and does not concern mass deceptive commercial content.
8.8. The statement of reasons may include: the type of measure, its duration, the territorial scope where necessary, a reference to the violated rule or law, information on automated processing if it was used, and available appeal options.
8.9. If a report concerns copyright, trademarks, illegal content, or personal data, I may request additional information, restrict access to the disputed material, notify the author of the publication, or transmit the minimum necessary information to competent authorities or providers where required by law.
8.10. If your content or account has been restricted, you may object through an available contact channel. I will review the objection within a reasonable time considering workload, risk of repeated violation, legal obligations, and available technical data.
8.11. I am not required to review all user content before publication and do not guarantee immediate removal of every disputed material. At the same time, I may take urgent measures without prior notice if there is a risk of illegality, harm to users, security, or liability.
8.12. The measure for a violation depends on the nature of the violation, its severity, repetition, intent, risk to users and the website, the user's response to warnings, legal requirements, and available technical data. In individual cases, urgent suspension or content deletion may be applied without prior warning.
8.13. When an account is suspended or deleted, I may retain materials published by the user if they do not themselves violate the law or rules and their retention is necessary for discussion integrity, moderation history, protection against claims, security, or other lawful purposes. Where possible, such materials may be kept without an active account, anonymized, or detached from the public profile.
8.14. If a user published phishing, malicious links, malware, scam advertising, deceptive services, illegal files, stolen materials, content without necessary rights, illegal NSFW/18+ content, or other clearly violating material, I may fully delete such publications, attachments, links, previews, profile elements, and related materials, and may also restrict or delete the account.
9.1. You are responsible for the security of your credentials, email, password, sessions, two-factor authentication, and accounts of external providers through which login or access verification is performed.
9.2. You may not transfer an account, sell access, rent out an account, use another person's account without permission, or provide third parties with technical access to functions intended only for you.
9.3. If you suspect account compromise, you should change the password as soon as possible, end suspicious sessions, check external links, and contact me if help is needed.
9.4. If you find a vulnerability or security bug, do not use it against users or the service, do not access other people's accounts, data, payment information, private messages, files, moderation materials, or restricted functions, do not change or delete other people's data, and do not publish an exploit, detailed instructions, or technical details that enable abuse before the issue is fixed. Instead, report the problem to <moddingflow@gmail.com> with a short description, reproduction steps, and, where possible, safe proof that does not disclose other people's data.
9.5. I may temporarily restrict an account or individual functions if there are signs of compromise, automated activity, payment risk, rule violation, circumvention of a restriction, or a threat to other users.
10.1. Premium is a paid digital service or set of paid features if it is expressly offered on the website, in the account, through a payment page, or in related launcher functions.
10.2. Premium and other paid features may be purchased only by users older than 18 or by users with the consent of parents or legal representatives where such consent is required by applicable law. If the payment provider, platform, or applicable law sets stricter requirements, those requirements apply.
10.3. Premium may include, if stated in the interface or on the payment page: visual profile styling, extended nickname or status elements, additional limits, special marks, access to individual website functions, support through ordinary channels without a promise of priority response or SLA, or access to individual builds.
10.4. Premium is a paid service and not a donation unless the payment page expressly states otherwise. Price, currency, period, feature composition, trial period, taxes, and auto-renewal terms are stated before payment confirmation.
10.5. Payment is made through the indicated payment service, for example Stripe, or through other platforms if they are expressly available on the website. I do not receive or store the full bank card number. Payment data is processed by the relevant payment provider.
10.6. If Premium provides for automatic renewal, this must be stated before purchase. You may cancel auto-renewal through the native billing page, the payment portal, settings of the relevant platform, or another indicated method. When native cancellation is available, it schedules cancellation at the end of the current period and the account page shows the access-until date. Cancellation of auto-renewal usually does not remove already paid access until the end of the current period unless otherwise stated or required by law.
10.7. In case of failed payment, refund, payment dispute, subscription cancellation, or end of the paid period, access to Premium features may be suspended or terminated.
10.8. I may change the composition of Premium where this is necessary for service development, technical compatibility, security, legal requirements, or provider changes. If a material change worsens an already paid period, I will provide the rights required by law, for example the possibility to terminate the paid service or receive a proportional refund where required.
10.9. Refunds are provided in cases required by law, these Terms, payment provider terms, or a separate support decision. A technical error does not automatically mean a refund for the entire period if the service was actually available, but I will try to review such situations in good faith.
11.1. If you are a consumer within the meaning of applicable EU/German law and enter into a distance contract for a paid service, you usually have the right to withdraw from the contract within 14 days without giving reasons.
11.2. Cancellation of Premium auto-renewal under section 10.6 and withdrawal from the contract under the right of withdrawal are separate actions. Cancellation of auto-renewal stops Premium from renewing for the next period and usually does not affect already paid access until the end of the current period. Withdrawal from the contract is a separate consumer right and applies within the statutory period and conditions.
11.3. Special rules may apply to digital content and digital services. If you expressly agree to the start of contract performance before the withdrawal period expires and confirm that you know about possible loss of the right of withdrawal or about proportional payment for the part already provided, the right of withdrawal may be limited or end to the extent permitted by law.
11.4. If a specific paid feature requires separate consent to the immediate provision of digital content or a digital service, such consent must be requested separately, for example through a checkbox or explicit confirmation. Confirmation of the contract and such consent may be provided by email, through the account, or otherwise on a durable medium.
11.5. Detailed information about the right of withdrawal and a model withdrawal form are available in the Withdrawal Information document.
12.1. The website, user content, external links, discussions, descriptions of mods, builds, instructions, and test functions are provided, to the extent permitted by law, without a guarantee of error-free operation, permanent availability, compatibility, security of every user file, or fitness for a particular purpose.
12.2. I am not the author of all user content and do not automatically confirm the accuracy, safety, legality, or currentness of materials published by users.
12.3. Liability is not limited in cases of intent, gross negligence, injury to life, body, or health, liability under mandatory statutory rules, and where an express guarantee has been given.
12.4. In case of slight negligence, I am liable only for breach of essential contractual obligations (Kardinalpflichten), fulfillment of which makes proper use of the service possible and on compliance with which the user may usually rely. In such a case, liability is limited to typical and foreseeable damage.
12.5. Otherwise, liability is excluded to the extent permitted by law. This includes, where permissible: data loss in the absence of backups, incompatibility of mods or builds, actions of other users, failures of third-party services, blocks on external platforms, unavailability of payment providers, CDN, hosting, OAuth providers, Discord, Steam, Google, Stripe, or other external services.
12.6. Statutory consumer rights, including rights relating to paid digital products and services, are not restricted by these Terms.
13.1. The website may use external providers for hosting, database, CDN, email, payments, authorization, analytics, abuse protection, file delivery, search, images, or other technical functions. Details of personal data processing are described in the Privacy Policy.
13.2. When following external links or using external services, the rules of the relevant services apply. I do not control their content, availability, security, licenses, moderation, payment decisions, or data processing.
13.3. If an external service stops operating, changes its API, blocks access, changes terms, deletes a file, or restricts an account, individual Moddingflow functions may become unavailable or change.
14.1. I may update these Terms where this is necessary because of changes to the website, launch of new functions, changes to Premium, legal requirements, security, payment processes, moderation, technical architecture, or legal risks.
14.2. I will notify about material changes in advance, generally at least 30 days before they take effect, through the website, account, email, banner, notification, or another suitable method where such period is reasonable and applicable to the situation.
14.3. If a change requires your consent, the website may request renewed acceptance of the Terms. If you do not agree with material changes, you may stop using the account or paid feature; for paid services, rights provided by law and the relevant payment terms apply.
14.4. Non-material changes, for example correction of errors, clarification of wording, updating links, contacts, or document structure without worsening user rights, may take effect immediately.
14.5. Continued use of the website after notice of changes may be considered consent only where this is permitted by law and was clearly stated in the notice. If explicit consent is required for a change, the website may restrict access to account functions until the new version is accepted.
14.6. Material changes to a paid subscription or another paid feature do not apply retroactively to an already paid period without a legal basis, your consent, or another method permitted by applicable law.
15.1. You may stop using the website at any time. If an account deletion function is available in the account, you may request deletion through it or contact me by email.
15.2. Account deletion does not always mean immediate deletion of all public materials where retention is necessary for discussion integrity, legal compliance, protection against claims, moderation records, security, accounting, or other lawful purposes. Where possible, such materials may be deleted, anonymized, or detached from the public profile. If materials violate the law, website rules, third-party rights, or are used for phishing, scam advertising, malicious links, or other abuse, they may be deleted completely.
15.3. I may terminate or restrict a user's access to the website, account, or individual functions if the user violates these Terms, the law, third-party rights, payment rules, community rules, security requirements, or creates a substantial risk for the service and other users.
15.4. Account termination does not release the user from obligations that arose before termination: compliance with third-party rights, responsibility for published content, payment obligations, prohibition of sanctions circumvention, and compensation of damage if applicable by law.
16.1. These Terms are governed by German law. For consumers from the EU, mandatory consumer-protection rules of the country of their habitual residence remain unaffected if such rules apply and cannot be excluded by contract.
16.2. If you are a consumer, statutory jurisdiction rules apply, including the court at your place of residence where provided by applicable rules.
16.3. If you are an entrepreneur, a legal entity under public law, or a special public-law fund, the place of jurisdiction is the operator's registered place in Germany to the extent permitted by law.
17.1. I am not obliged and do not intend to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board unless a mandatory obligation to participate follows from applicable law.
17.2. The European Online Dispute Resolution platform (ODR/OS) was discontinued as of July 20, 2025, so the previous platform link is not used.
17.3. For questions of moderation, content restrictions, or account restrictions, use the contact channels stated in section 8 of these Terms. Such requests are different from consumer arbitration for payment or contractual disputes.
18.1. If an individual provision of these Terms is wholly or partly invalid, this does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. Instead of the invalid provision, the lawful rule that comes closest to the meaning and purpose of the original provision applies to the extent permitted.
18.2. Failure or delay in enforcing an individual rule does not mean waiver of the right to enforce that rule in the future.
18.3. Section headings are used only for convenience of reading and do not limit the meaning of the provisions.
18.4. Personal data is governed by the Privacy Policy. Withdrawal information is available on the Widerrufsbelehrung page. Contact details of the operator are stated on the Legal Information page.
New version · 26 July 2026
Last updated: June 24, 2026
1.1. These Terms govern the relationship between Valeriy Semenov (below "I", "operator", "developer") and users of the Moddingflow website at <https://moddingflow.com> (below "website", "service", "Moddingflow").
1.2. Moddingflow is a modding forum and community. The service may include public pages, registration and personal account, user profiles, forum topics and replies, pages for mods and builds, guides, news, comments, reactions, ratings, search, notifications, reports, moderation, Premium features, payment features, and technical integrations with external services.
1.3. The website may contain test features, downloads, authorization through short-term tokens, Premium access, or other related functions. Such functions apply only to the extent in which they are expressly available to the user.
1.4. Additional rules for individual sections of the website, for example community rules, publication instructions for mods, or technical upload requirements, form part of these Terms if they are published on the website and relate to the relevant function. A violation of applicable community rules is also a violation of these Terms where the rule relates to the website function being used.
1.5. If any provision of these Terms conflicts with mandatory consumer rights or another mandatory rule of applicable law, that mandatory rule applies and the remaining part of the Terms remains in force.
1.6. The service is intended for users older than 16. If you are under 16, you may use the service only with the consent of your parents or legal representatives where such consent is required by law.
1.7. By using the service, you confirm that you may enter into this contract under the law applicable to you and that use of the website is not prohibited for you by law, court decision, sanctions rules, payment provider rules, or the terms of a third-party platform through which you use the service.
1.8. The service is not intended for use where its provision, receipt, payment, file download, community participation, or access to related functions is prohibited by applicable law. I do not guarantee availability of the website, Premium, payments, downloads, or related functions in all countries and regions.
1.9. If you use the website from another country, you are responsible for complying with local rules applicable to you, including rules on user content, mods, digital services, taxes, consumer law, sanctions, and online-service restrictions.
2.1. The service operator is:
Valeriy Semenov
Email: <moddingflow@gmail.com>
Address: stated on the Legal Information page (Impressum).
2.2. I am located in Germany. The operation of the website takes into account applicable rules of Germany and the European Union, including the BGB, DDG, TDDDG, GDPR/DSGVO and, where applicable, the Digital Services Act.
2.3. For legally significant notices, use the email stated above unless the website provides a special channel for a specific matter, for example a reporting function, moderation appeal, or payment portal.
2.4. The single point of contact for Digital Services Act notices, including notices from users and competent authorities: <moddingflow@gmail.com>. Languages for DSA notices from competent authorities: German and English. Russian may be used for user requests on a best-effort basis, but it is not a mandatory language for notices from competent authorities.
3.1. Public pages of the website may be viewed without registration. By using interactive functions, registering an account, publishing materials, submitting reports, or purchasing Premium, you accept these Terms.
3.2. The contract for use of an account is concluded when the account is registered or when the Terms are first expressly accepted if the account already existed and the website requested renewed acceptance of an updated version.
3.3. The contract for paid features is concluded when the relevant feature is ordered and paid for through the indicated payment service, unless the payment page states otherwise. Access may be confirmed by activation of Premium, display of subscription status, an email from the payment provider, or a message in the account.
3.4. The text of these Terms is available on the website for reading, downloading, and printing. I may store a technical record of which version of the legal documents you accepted where this is necessary to prove the contract, comply with the law, ensure security, or protect against abuse.
3.5. When creating an account, you must provide a correct email and must not use another person's data, misleading names, official designations to which you have no rights, or styling that creates the impression of a connection with the website administration without permission.
3.6. One user must not create or use additional accounts to circumvent a ban, limits, moderation, payment restrictions, security requirements, reports, or other administration decisions. An additional account is not prohibited by itself if it is not used for abuse and does not violate the rules of a specific section.
4.1. The website provides a platform for a modding community. Users may read materials, create accounts, publish topics and replies, discuss mods and builds, add descriptions, images, links, guides, comments, reactions, and other materials where such functions are available.
4.2. I may develop, change, temporarily limit, or discontinue individual website functions where this is necessary for security, stability, moderation, maintenance, legal compliance, project architecture changes, or development of the service.
4.3. I do not guarantee permanent availability of the website, any particular audience size, preservation of a publication's position in search results, availability of a specific function, support response speed, or compatibility of all materials with every device, browser, game, mod manager, or game version.
4.4. Individual website functions may be in development, testing, or limited launch. They may work unstably, change, be temporarily unavailable, or require additional conditions if this is expressly stated in the interface or documentation.
4.5. Before installing mods, builds, patches, or files found through the website, it is recommended to make backups of saves, profiles, configurations, and other important data.
5.1. User content means any materials that a user publishes, uploads, sends, or makes available through the website: texts, topics, replies, comments, images, avatars, banners, descriptions of mods and builds, links, files, media, reports, feedback, reactions, nicknames, statuses, and other profile elements.
5.2. You retain rights to your content, but you grant me a free-of-charge, non-exclusive, territorially unlimited license to store, display, technically copy, cache, process, moderate, index, publish, adapt to the website interface, create previews and thumbnails, technically transcode, back up, deliver through a CDN, and transmit content to technical providers, to the extent necessary for the operation of Moddingflow.
5.3. This license lasts until the content or account is deleted, unless further storage or display is necessary for lawful purposes: ordinary backup periods, security logs, moderation records, protection against claims, statutory retention periods, compliance with legal obligations, preservation of discussion integrity, or anonymized display of previously published materials.
5.4. You confirm that you have the rights, permissions, or licenses necessary to publish content on the website. This is especially important for mods, builds, screenshots, images, archives, third-party texts, logos, game files, materials from other modding platforms, and links to external downloads.
5.4.1. You are responsible for the content that you publish, upload, send, or make available through the website. This includes responsibility for the legality of the content, accuracy of material statements, existence of necessary rights, correct labeling, absence of malicious files, phishing, scam advertising, illegal links, and violation of rights of other users or third parties.
5.4.2. If claims, complaints, demands, blocks, fines, processing costs, or legal costs are asserted against me, the website, other users, or providers because of your content, links, files, or actions, you may be liable within the limits provided by applicable law.
5.4.3. If you publish a mod, build, patch, preset, configuration, or other downloadable material, you must state the applicable license or terms of use. Unless otherwise expressly stated, other users may view the page for that material and download it only for personal non-commercial use.
5.4.4. Republication, sale, inclusion in builds, modification, or distribution of such material outside Moddingflow is permitted only with the author's permission, under the material's license, or under applicable law.
6.1. Moddingflow is an independent project. If the website mentions games, mods, game studios, publishers, platforms, stores, logos, trademarks, or names of third-party services, this is done to identify and discuss the relevant materials.
6.2. Unless expressly stated otherwise, Moddingflow is not an official product of Bethesda, Microsoft, Valve, Nexus Mods, Discord, Google, Stripe, or other right holders and providers.
6.3. The user must comply with licenses, rules, and terms of third-party games, platforms, modding services, and mod authors. Discussion or a link on the website does not mean that the material is approved by me, safe, lawful, or compatible with the rules of a third-party platform.
7.1. When using the website it is prohibited to:
8.1. I may moderate the website manually, automatically, or by mixed means. Moderation may apply to public content, profiles, reports, uploads, links, accounts, payment indicators, technical events, and security-related actions.
8.2. Depending on the situation, I may:
8.3. Users, persons whose rights are affected, trusted flaggers where applicable, and competent authorities may report illegal content, rights violations, or rule violations through the reporting functions on the website or through the DSA contact point stated in section 2.
8.4. A DSA / Notice and Action notice must contain, as far as applicable to the specific case: the exact URL or other precise location of the material; a description of the reason why the material is considered illegal; the name and email of the notifier; and confirmation of the notifier's good-faith belief in the accuracy and completeness of the notice. If applicable law permits omission of the name or email for certain categories of notices concerning CSAM or similar especially sensitive illegal materials, such information may be omitted within the limits allowed by law.
9.1. You are responsible for the security of your credentials, email, password, sessions, two-factor authentication, and accounts of external providers through which login or access verification is performed.
9.2. You may not transfer an account, sell access, rent out an account, use another person's account without permission, or provide third parties with technical access to functions intended only for you.
9.3. If you suspect account compromise, you should change the password as soon as possible, end suspicious sessions, check external links, and contact me if help is needed.
9.4. When you enable or press "Remember me" during sign-in, the website stores the selected session mode and may keep you signed in on that device for up to 30 days, including after closing and reopening the browser. This feature is intended for personal trusted devices. Do not enable it on shared, third-party, or public devices, and always sign out after use there.
9.5. If you find a vulnerability or security bug, do not use it against users or the service, do not access other people's accounts, data, payment information, private messages, files, moderation materials, or restricted functions, do not change or delete other people's data, and do not publish an exploit, detailed instructions, or technical details that enable abuse before the issue is fixed. Instead, report the problem to <moddingflow@gmail.com> with a short description, reproduction steps, and, where possible, safe proof that does not disclose other people's data.
9.6. I may temporarily restrict an account or individual functions if there are signs of compromise, automated activity, payment risk, rule violation, circumvention of a restriction, or a threat to other users.
10.1. Premium is a paid digital service or set of paid features if it is expressly offered on the website, in the account, or through a payment page.
10.2. Premium and other paid features may be purchased only by users older than 18 or by users with the consent of parents or legal representatives where such consent is required by applicable law. If the payment provider, platform, or applicable law sets stricter requirements, those requirements apply.
10.3. Under the current offer, Premium costs EUR 4.99 for 30 days. Premium is a full paid website subscription, not a donation or voluntary support payment. If the price, currency, tax calculation, or billing period changes, this must be clearly stated before payment confirmation.
10.4. Premium provides the following features where they are available in the website interface: removal of the standard waiting time before downloads; increased upload-size limits for regular mod archives, where a free account can upload up to 3 main files at 500 MB each and up to 5 optional files at 100 MB each, while Premium allows up to 3 main files at 4 GB each and up to 5 optional files at 250 MB each; GIF avatars, GIF profile banners, the ability to change the nickname font, a gradient nickname, and an emoji status. Minecraft uses separate limits.
10.5. Premium does not provide increased download speed, guaranteed bandwidth, premium support, priority support responses, immunity from moderation, or a right to bypass website rules.
10.6. Premium is provided for 30 days. Automatic renewal is enabled by default unless the payment page expressly states otherwise. You may disable auto-renewal at any time on the subscription and billing page. Cancelling auto-renewal schedules the renewal to stop at the end of the current paid period and usually does not remove already paid access before that date unless required by law.
10.7. Premium payments and refunds are processed through Stripe. I do not receive or store the full bank card number. Payment data is processed by Stripe.
10.8. Premium access ends or may be terminated if the user validly withdraws from the contract within 14 days from Premium activation, if payment is not made or fails, if the payment is refunded or disputed, or if the user disables auto-renewal and the current paid 30-day period ends.
11.1. If you are a consumer within the meaning of applicable EU/German law and enter into a distance contract for a paid service, you usually have the right to withdraw from the contract within 14 days without giving reasons.
11.2. Cancellation of Premium auto-renewal under section 10.6 and withdrawal from the contract under the right of withdrawal are separate actions. Cancellation of auto-renewal stops Premium from renewing for the next period and usually does not affect already paid access until the end of the current period. Withdrawal from the contract is a separate consumer right and applies within the statutory period and conditions.
11.3. Special rules may apply to digital content and digital services. If you expressly agree to the start of contract performance before the withdrawal period expires and confirm that you know about possible loss of the right of withdrawal or about proportional payment for the part already provided, the right of withdrawal may be limited or end to the extent permitted by law.
11.4. If a specific paid feature requires separate consent to the immediate provision of digital content or a digital service, such consent must be requested separately, for example through a checkbox or explicit confirmation. Confirmation of the contract and such consent may be provided by email, through the account, or otherwise on a durable medium.
11.5. Detailed information about the right of withdrawal and a model withdrawal form are available in the Withdrawal Information document.
12.1. The website, user content, external links, discussions, descriptions of mods, builds, instructions, and test functions are provided, to the extent permitted by law, without a guarantee of error-free operation, permanent availability, compatibility, security of every user file, or fitness for a particular purpose.
12.2. I am not the author of all user content and do not automatically confirm the accuracy, safety, legality, or currentness of materials published by users.
12.3. Liability is not limited in cases of intent, gross negligence, injury to life, body, or health, liability under mandatory statutory rules, and where an express guarantee has been given.
12.4. In case of slight negligence, I am liable only for breach of essential contractual obligations (Kardinalpflichten), fulfillment of which makes proper use of the service possible and on compliance with which the user may usually rely. In such a case, liability is limited to typical and foreseeable damage.
12.5. Otherwise, liability is excluded to the extent permitted by law. This includes, where permissible: data loss in the absence of backups, incompatibility of mods or builds, actions of other users, failures of third-party services, blocks on external platforms, unavailability of payment providers, CDN, hosting, OAuth providers, Discord, Steam, Google, Stripe, or other external services.
12.6. Statutory consumer rights, including rights relating to paid digital products and services, are not restricted by these Terms.
13.1. The website may use external providers for hosting, database, CDN, email, payments, authorization, analytics, abuse protection, file delivery, search, images, or other technical functions. Details of personal data processing are described in the Privacy Policy.
13.2. For built-in mod/build archive uploads, the website uses Cloudflare R2 and related Cloudflare functions. During such upload, the file and associated technical data are transmitted to Cloudflare for storage, upload-session processing, technical verification, finalization, and later primary download delivery. Bunny.net may be used as a Pull CDN fallback for short-lived archive download links, without becoming a separate source-of-truth storage location for those archives.
13.3. When following external links or using external services, the rules of the relevant services apply. I do not control their content, availability, security, licenses, moderation, payment decisions, or data processing.
13.4. If an external service stops operating, changes its API, blocks access, changes terms, deletes a file, or restricts an account, individual Moddingflow functions may become unavailable or change.
14.1. I may update these Terms where this is necessary because of changes to the website, launch of new functions, changes to Premium, legal requirements, security, payment processes, moderation, technical architecture, or legal risks.
14.2. I will notify about material changes in advance, generally at least 30 days before they take effect, through the website, account, email, banner, notification, or another suitable method where such period is reasonable and applicable to the situation.
14.3. If a change requires your consent, the website may request renewed acceptance of the Terms. If you do not agree with material changes, you may stop using the account or paid feature; for paid services, rights provided by law and the relevant payment terms apply.
14.4. Non-material changes, for example correction of errors, clarification of wording, updating links, contacts, or document structure without worsening user rights, may take effect immediately.
14.5. Continued use of the website after notice of changes may be considered consent only where this is permitted by law and was clearly stated in the notice. If explicit consent is required for a change, the website may restrict access to account functions until the new version is accepted.
14.6. Material changes to a paid subscription or another paid feature do not apply retroactively to an already paid period without a legal basis, your consent, or another method permitted by applicable law.
15.1. You may stop using the website at any time. If an account deletion function is available in the account, you may request deletion through it or contact me by email.
15.2. Account deletion does not always mean immediate deletion of all public materials where retention is necessary for discussion integrity, legal compliance, protection against claims, moderation records, security, accounting, or other lawful purposes. Where possible, such materials may be deleted, anonymized, or detached from the public profile. If materials violate the law, website rules, third-party rights, or are used for phishing, scam advertising, malicious links, or other abuse, they may be deleted completely.
15.3. I may terminate or restrict a user's access to the website, account, or individual functions if the user violates these Terms, the law, third-party rights, payment rules, community rules, security requirements, or creates a substantial risk for the service and other users.
15.4. Account termination does not release the user from obligations that arose before termination: compliance with third-party rights, responsibility for published content, payment obligations, prohibition of sanctions circumvention, and compensation of damage if applicable by law.
16.1. These Terms are governed by German law. For consumers from the EU, mandatory consumer-protection rules of the country of their habitual residence remain unaffected if such rules apply and cannot be excluded by contract.
16.2. If you are a consumer, statutory jurisdiction rules apply, including the court at your place of residence where provided by applicable rules.
16.3. If you are an entrepreneur, a legal entity under public law, or a special public-law fund, the place of jurisdiction is the operator's registered place in Germany to the extent permitted by law.
17.1. I am not obliged and do not intend to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board unless a mandatory obligation to participate follows from applicable law.
17.2. The European Online Dispute Resolution platform (ODR/OS) was discontinued as of July 20, 2025, so the previous platform link is not used.
17.3. For questions of moderation, content restrictions, or account restrictions, use the contact channels stated in section 8 of these Terms. Such requests are different from consumer arbitration for payment or contractual disputes.
18.1. If an individual provision of these Terms is wholly or partly invalid, this does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. Instead of the invalid provision, the lawful rule that comes closest to the meaning and purpose of the original provision applies to the extent permitted.
18.2. Failure or delay in enforcing an individual rule does not mean waiver of the right to enforce that rule in the future.
18.3. Section headings are used only for convenience of reading and do not limit the meaning of the provisions.
18.4. Personal data is governed by the Privacy Policy. Withdrawal information is available on the Widerrufsbelehrung page. Contact details of the operator are stated on the Legal Information page.
1.10. Access to individual functions may require an account, confirmed email, valid session, two-factor authentication, absence of active moderation restrictions, technical compatibility, acceptance of current legal documents, or fulfillment of payment provider requirements.
1.11. If NSFW/18+ materials or a function for hiding/unlocking such content are available on the website, by unlocking, viewing, publishing, uploading, or marking such content you confirm that you are already 18 years old and have reached the age of majority in your country of residence. If this is not true, you may not unlock, view, publish, or upload NSFW/18+ content on the website.
1.12. If the law applicable to you sets stricter age limits for access to certain content, you must comply with such limits yourself.
5.4.5. When publishing materials, you must state credits, dependencies, third-party assets, requirements of authors of original mods, and license restrictions if they apply to your material.
5.4.6. If you choose file upload through the website, mod/build archives are transmitted directly to Cloudflare R2, meaning Cloudflare servers and infrastructure, through signed URLs. Moddingflow stores the necessary service information about that upload, and the file may temporarily remain in staging storage and then be moved to the main storage for download if the upload is accepted. By using file upload, you accept this technical transfer to Cloudflare to the extent necessary for the feature to work.
5.5. It is prohibited to publish or distribute through the website pirated copies of games, paid mods, DLC, third-party software, stolen assets, private builds without the author's permission, activation keys, DRM circumvention, malicious files, or instructions whose main purpose is illegal access.
5.6. If you publish a link to an external resource, you are responsible for ensuring that the link does not lead to illegal, malicious, deceptive, or rights-infringing material. I may remove or restrict such links without prior notice if there are indications of a violation.
5.7. By sending ideas, suggestions, bug reports, or feedback, you permit their use for the development of the website and related functions without separate remuneration unless otherwise agreed in writing.
5.8. The website code, interface structure, design, interface texts, logos, visual elements, databases, collections of materials, service tools, documentation, search functions, and other elements of Moddingflow that are not user content or third-party materials belong to me or to the relevant right holders and are protected by applicable law.
5.9. These Terms do not transfer to you ownership or exclusive rights to the website, code, design, marks, service materials, databases, or service infrastructure. You receive only a limited right to use the available website functions in accordance with these Terms.
5.10. If the website uses open libraries, frameworks, fonts, icons, images, game names, or other third-party materials, rights to them belong to the relevant right holders and are governed by their licenses. These Terms do not give you additional rights to such materials.
5.11. If you publish or upload NSFW/18+ content, you must correctly mark it as NSFW/18+ if such a mark or category is available on the website. NSFW/18+ materials must not be disguised as ordinary content, previews, avatars, banners, links, or attachments if this may cause such material to be shown to users who have not unlocked it or should not see it.
5.12. NSFW/18+ on Moddingflow means only non-pornographic adult/erotic content permitted by the website rules. Pornographic content, explicit sexual acts, sexual gameplay focus, and other prohibited sexual content are not allowed even with an NSFW/18+ mark. Materials involving minors, sexualization of minors, illegal sexual content, materials without the necessary consent of depicted persons, blackmail, intimate materials published without permission, and any other content prohibited by law or website rules are also forbidden.
7.2. This list is not exhaustive. I may restrict actions that clearly harm security, legality, community fairness, or normal operation of the website even if they are not expressly named in the list.
7.3. Ordinary indexing of public pages by search engines is not prohibited if it respects robots.txt, rate limits, technical restrictions, user rights, and does not interfere with stable operation of the website. The same applies to permitted use of APIs if such an API is available now or appears in the future.
8.5. If the notice contains an electronic contact for the notifier, I will acknowledge receipt of the DSA notice without undue delay where this is required by applicable law and technically possible.
8.6. After processing a DSA notice, I will inform the notifier of the decision taken and available appeal options where this is required by applicable law, an electronic contact is provided, and notification is not prohibited by law or security requirements.
8.7. When content, an account, or a related function is restricted because of alleged illegality of material or violation of these Terms, the user receives a clear statement of reasons if I have an electronic contact for the user and notification is not prohibited by law, does not create a security risk, and does not concern mass deceptive commercial content.
8.8. The statement of reasons may include: the type of measure, its duration, the territorial scope where necessary, a reference to the violated rule or law, information on automated processing if it was used, and available appeal options.
8.9. If a report concerns copyright, trademarks, illegal content, or personal data, I may request additional information, restrict access to the disputed material, notify the author of the publication, or transmit the minimum necessary information to competent authorities or providers where required by law.
8.10. If your content, account, or a related function has been restricted, you may submit an appeal or objection through an available contact channel, a dedicated appeal form, or the lock screen where that function is available. I will review the request within a reasonable time considering workload, risk of repeated violation, legal obligations, and available technical data.
8.11. An appeal must be made in good faith, be understandable, and relate to the specific moderation measure. The administration may restrict further access to the appeal system after the first appeal if the appeal contains spam, threats, insults, irrelevant material, knowingly false information, illegal content, or is used to overload the system. Such a restriction does not prevent the user's mandatory rights to data, account deletion, payment documents, auto-renewal cancellation, withdrawal from the contract, or lawful requests through the stated contact channels.
8.12. After the administration replies, the appeal result may be shown in the account, in a notification, or on the lock screen. If the penalty is not removed, information about the decision and an available explanation remain visible on the lock screen where technically possible. If the penalty was issued by mistake, the restriction is removed without undue delay after review, and the user may continue using the account to the available extent.
8.13. Temporary or permanent suspension, mute, or another account restriction does not deprive the user of mandatory rights. Even if access to the forum, publications, reports, or other community functions is restricted, the user may download the available data export, request full account deletion, obtain available receipts and payment documents, cancel auto-renewal, withdraw from Premium, or terminate the subscription with a refund for the unused part within the applicable 14-day period and conditions. If the necessary interface function is unavailable because of a suspension or technical error, the user may contact me by email.
8.14. I am not required to review all user content before publication and do not guarantee immediate removal of every disputed material. At the same time, I may take urgent measures without prior notice if there is a risk of illegality, harm to users, security, or liability.
8.15. The measure for a violation depends on the nature of the violation, its severity, repetition, intent, risk to users and the website, the user's response to warnings, legal requirements, and available technical data. In individual cases, urgent suspension or content deletion may be applied without prior warning.
8.16. When an account is suspended or deleted, I may retain materials published by the user if they do not themselves violate the law or rules and their retention is necessary for discussion integrity, moderation history, protection against claims, security, or other lawful purposes. Where possible, such materials may be kept without an active account, anonymized, or detached from the public profile.
8.17. If a user published phishing, malicious links, malware, scam advertising, deceptive services, illegal files, stolen materials, content without necessary rights, illegal NSFW/18+ content, or other clearly violating material, I may fully delete such publications, attachments, links, previews, profile elements, and related materials, and may also restrict or delete the account.
10.9. Purchasing Premium does not protect the user from warnings, mutes, temporary or permanent account suspension, deletion of violating content, or other moderation measures. At the moment of a suspension, the Premium subscription and paid period do not stop automatically; mandatory payment, withdrawal, and refund rights remain available within the limits of the law and these Terms.
10.10. I may change the composition of Premium where this is necessary for service development, technical compatibility, security, legal requirements, or provider changes. If a material change worsens an already paid period, I will provide the rights required by law, for example the possibility to terminate the paid service or receive a proportional refund where required.
10.11. Refunds are provided in cases required by law, these Terms, Stripe terms, or a separate support decision. A technical error does not automatically mean a refund for the entire period if the service was actually available, but I will try to review such situations in good faith.
10.12. A moderation restriction, including temporary or permanent account suspension, does not by itself cancel payment and consumer rights that have already arisen. Where technically and securely possible, subscription and billing management remains available for viewing receipts, cancelling auto-renewal, withdrawal from the contract, and related actions. If access to that area is unavailable, such requests may be sent by email with the account identifier and, if available, the receipt or payment ID.