Privacy Policy - The Modding Community

Core Website

The core website is hosted at the top-level domain (moddingcommunity.com). At this time, we allow users to sign in through Discord, accessible on the login page.

After a user successfully signs in with Discord, we create and store a separate user account with the following data from your Discord profile:

• Email
• Username
• Avatar (image)

Server Browser

Our server browser is a core service in our organization. Users are able to explore and discover game servers across various games and applications.

Our primary server browser is located here (moddingcommunity.com/servers). There are also application-specific server browsers at moddingcommunity.com/<app url>/servers (these pages are also listed on our Games & Apps page here).

Settings Storage

We store and rely on site cookies for persistent settings within our server browser. The cookie name and key we use is tmc_settings . Settings are stored in JSON format. The following values may be stored:

• appTech - The application tech (not used).
• appView - The application view (grid or table).
• appBg - Whether to enable background images on the site.
• srvFavsOnly - Only show favorited servers (true or false).
• srvFavs - A list of favorited servers by server ID (only used if not signed in; see below).
• srvFavsTimerange - The time range for sorting favorites.
• srvShowFiltered - Whether to show filtered servers.
• srvFiltered - A list of filtered servers by server ID (only used if not signed in; see below).
• srvAppIds - Current games and apps to filter by (if empty, shows all).
• srvCatIds - Current categories to filter by (if empty, shows all).
• srvCountries - Current countries to filter by (if empty, shows all).
• srvAppCatsHide - The app IDs for which to hide category lists.
• srvAutoRefresh - Whether to auto-refresh the server list every 10 seconds (only for signed-in users).
• srvOnline - Whether to show only online servers.
• srvMinUsers - The minimum users to show.
• srvMaxUsers - The maximum users to show.
• srvHideFull - Whether to hide full servers.
• srvHideEmpty - Whether to hide empty servers.
• srvSort - The current column used for sorting (e.g. current user count).
• srvSortDir - The sorting direction (ascending or descending).
• srvHideNewServerBtn - Hides the new server button (currently not used).
• srvUsePlayerColors - Whether to color-code user counts based on fill percentage.
• srvShowPing - Whether to show ping.

Favorites & Filters

All users can favorite and filter (hide) servers in our server browser. The storage method depends on whether the user is signed in or not:

• Users who are not signed in use cookie storage as described above.
• Users who are signed in use our database (we map user IDs to server IDs in a database table).

Favorite and filtered server lists are not publicly visible to other users.

Show Ping Feature & Geo Location

If you enable the Show Ping setting, you will most likely need to give access to our website to access your location . This is just your geo location and we do not store any of this information.

Tracked Servers

We track and display servers in our server browser. We currently track servers in the following games (this list will expand over time):

• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
• Rust (FacePunch)
• Project Zomboid (The Indie Stone)
• Garry's Mod (FacePunch)
• Arma 3 (Bohemia Interactive)
• 7 Days to Die
• Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)
• Team Fortress 2 (Valve)
• Unturned
• Counter-Strike: Source (Valve)
• Killing Floor (Tripwire Interactive)
• Killing Floor 2 (Tripwire Interactive)
• No More Room In Hell
• Left 4 Dead (Valve)
• Counter-Strike (Valve)
• Half-Life 2: DeathMatch (Valve)
• Sven: Co-op
• Insurgency
• Fistful of Frags
• Synergy
• Hell Let Loose
• Day of Defeat: Source (Valve)
• Red Orchestra 2
• Zombie Panic! Source
• Pirates, Vikings, & Knights II
• Half-Life DeathMatch: Source

We track , store , and display the following information from each server:

• Name
• IP Address
• Port Number
• Online status
• User counts (current, max, and bots)
• Map name

Additionally, we also track , store , and display user information from servers. This includes:

• Name (usually Steam display name)
• Score
• Play time
• Current index on server

We also automatically add servers to our server browser without permission from server owners. This is because these servers are already listed in public server browsers . We retrieve them from the Valve Master Server . Users can also manually add servers by IP and port.

If you'd like your server removed, please reach out to us!