Terms of Service

Last Updated

July 14, 2022

Introduction

Welcome to oddlittleturtle.com, the personal website of oddlittleturtle ("oddlittleturtle", "we", "us", "our"). This page explains the terms by which visitors (See "Age Restriction and Legal Residency") may use our services, website, Discord chat server, and game mods provided on or in connection with this website ("service," "website", "community").

Fansite

This website is a fansite and is not affiliated with Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, Zenimax, or any of its affiliates, or any corporations. Oddlittleturtle, thejeepdriver, and anyone associated with the Fallout 4 Load Order Framework are not employees of Bethesda Game Studios. We are simply passionate gamers and fans of Fallout 4 and Fallout 4 game mods.
This website is not sponsored by, affiliated with, or endorsed by Zenimax Media, Bethesda Game Studios, or their affiliates in any way.

Conditions of Use

By accessing or using the website or downloading my mods, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Terms of Agreement ("Agreement"), our Acceptable Use Policy ("community guidelines"), and to the collection and use of your information as set forth in the Privacy Policy, whether or not you are a registered user of our service.

By accessing or using our Discord gaming community ("Discord", "Parent Server", "Community", "Server") or commenting on our articles or game mod documentation pages, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the community guidelines governing our services and Discord.

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. Before you continue using our website, read our privacy policy regarding our collection of data.

Age Restriction and Legal Residency

You must be at least 18 years of age and reside in a country where these services are permitted before you can use this website. By using this website, you warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and you may legally adhere to this agreement OR you and a parent or guardian have reviewed this agreement and your parent or guardian has affirmed consent (henceforth known as "you", "your" "visitor", "visitors", "member", "members", "user", "users"). You warrant that you are a legal resident of a country where these services are permitted, and your country of residence is not embargoed by the United States of America. We assume no responsibility for liabilities related to age or residency misrepresentation.

Intellectual Property

You agree that materials, products, game mods, and services provided on this website are property of oddlittleturtle, its affiliates, directors, licensors, staff members including all copyrights or other intellectual property. You also agree that you will not reproduce or redistribute our intellectual property in any way, including electronic, digital, or new trademark registrations.

Materials and Articles posted by Guest Authors are property of their respective owners. By posting materials and articles to our site, Guest Authors grant us a royalty-free and non-exclusive license to display, use, copy, transmit, and broadcast their content.

The Fallout 4 Load Order Framework Spreadsheet was created by oddlittleturtle and thejeepdriver. The Fallout 4 Load Order Survival Guide was created by oddlittleturtle. The categories used for the Framework were modified by oddlittleturtle from Wahker’s original list. You may not copy or use the Survival Guide or the Framework in such a way as to state them as your own.

Oddlittleturtle's Fallout 4 and Skyrim game modifications ("game mods," "mods") belong to oddlittleturtle and are governed by the terms set forth by the Editor End-User agreement and Zenimax Media.

Bethesda.net Document

https://bethesda.net/en/document/terms-of-service

Some assets and music tracks used in our mods are copyright their respective owners and used with permission (See "Modders Resources, Ports, and Assets"). Mods are intended for noncommercial, private, in-home use and are bound by the video/streaming policy below.

Modders Resources, Ports, and Assets

Game modifications ported to consoles ("ports", "ported game mods", "mod ports") by oddlittleturtle belong to their respective owners, are governed by the terms set forth by Zenimax media (above), and are ported with written permission from their owners. Ports are intended for non-commericial, private, in-home use and are bound by the Video/Streaming Policy below.

See Credits and Permissions for individual copyright information of ports and assets oddlittleturtle has used in their mods.

Fallout Copyright

Fallout® 4 © 2015 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company.Fallout® 76 © Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company.Bethesda, Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, ZeniMax, Pip-Boy, Vault-Tec and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Fallout, Vault Boy and related logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bethesda Softworks LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. All Rights Reserved.

Skyrim Copyright

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim® / The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim® Legendary Edition © 2011 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company. The Elder Scrolls, Skyrim, Bethesda, Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All Rights Reserved.

Other Copyrights

“PlayStation”, “PS3” and the “PS” Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “PS4” and “PSN” are trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Xbox, Xbox Live, and the Xbox logos are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Some icons are from Flaticon.com. Authors: Pixel perfect, Retinaicons, Nikita Golubev.

All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Load Order Assistance

Oddlittleturtle’s services include both free and paid help using the Fallout 4 Load Order Framework. You may use any of the templates available either by downloading from this site, from within the Survival Guide, or from links provided on our Discord Server. They were created for community use and are free of charge.

End User-Accountability

When using the Survival Guide and the Load Order Framework, you are responsible for understanding how to use the apps needed to view and edit your own Load Order Framework. No endorsements of any apps are expressed or implied.

No Warranties

Assistance is provided without warranties, expressed or implied. In no event shall oddlittleturtle or thejeepdriver be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability, arising from, out of or in connection with load order assistance or the use of game modifications.

Community Guidelines

When asking questions or receiving assistance through our site and our Discord server you agree that you have read and have agreed to our community guidelines, and you expressly agree not to:

Use the blog comments as a platform for hate, discrimination, or illegal activities.

Use the Discord server as a platform for hate, discrimination, or illegal activities.

See our Community Guidelines prior to joining our Discord Community for our complete list of acceptable and unacceptable uses of our services.

Zero Tolerance

We want people to engage and have fun in our community and on our site. We have zero tolerance for trolls, discrimination, or hate. We reserve the right to cancel any membership, regardless of payment status, if our community guidelines and server rules have been violated.

Game Modifications

Use of oddlittleturtle's game modifications and ports of game modifications grants you (for your personal, private, and non-commericial use only) a non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable license to download and play with oddlittleturtle's game modifications and ports of game modifications.

Some assets and music tracks used in oddlittleturtle's mods are copyright their respective owners and are used with permission. By downloading and playing with our mods and ports of mods, you signify that you have not been granted a sublicense of the licensed assets or music tracks and will not share, make available to, or attempt to sublicense our mods or licensed assets.

Source Code

Papyrus source code is available upon request and may be used to create indirect compatibility patches for your Xbox One exclusive mods.

It may also be used for private, personal use or learning, but it may not be uploaded or shared, including alterations or derivatives.

Parts of the code that is sourced from the game falls under the Editor End-User Agreement and you may use however you like; parts of the code that is sourced from modders resources requires additional permissions from the original source to use in your mod.

Video/Streaming policy

You may not feature oddlittleturtle's game mods or ported game mods without attributing all composers, artists, contributors of all assets listed, regardless of monetization and or crowdfunding for your channel.

You may not feature Vault 81 mod's music as background music unless you've purchased that particular license from the artists and you may not feature any of oddlittleturtle's ports of game mods that say no crowdfunding or commercialization on mod documentation from the original author without prior written consent from the original author and oddlittleturtle.

You may not feature any ZapSplat-licensed sound or music without purchasing the license and attributing all artists depending on the sound (some licensed to oddlittleturtle via purchased licenses).

See Credits and Permissions for individual licensing.

Third-Party Integration

This website uses Ghost CMS as its content management system. It is integrated with several third-party services for both functionality and to provide services to you. We do not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, services, materials, or products. If you access a third-party website from ours, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that this agreement and privacy policy do not apply to those sites. You expressly relieve oddlittleturtle and our affilitates from any and all liability arising from use of any third-party website, service, or content.

These third-party services are not owned or operated by oddlittleturtle. We have no control over the third parties or their affiliates. You are responsible for the information you provide to these services. We assume no responsibility for their websites or services and are not liable for any issues arising with the use of their services.

Before you continue using our website, read each third party's privacy policy and terms regarding their collection of your data. See our Privacy Policy for a list of third-party services that our site uses.

Member Accounts

As a user of this website, you may be asked to register with us and provide private information. Our website uses third party integration for functionality and to provide certain services to you. Accounts are intended for personal, private use, and the sharing of accounts with others is strictly forbidden.

We may maintain different types of accounts for different types of users. All accounts are non-transferrable.

Gravatar

In order to use certain services, you must register with our site, creating a login name and password and activating your account. A valid email must be used where you can receive information regarding your account. Our website is integrated with Gravatar as a third-party service provider and will use the information you have provided to that service for populating certain data on your member profile. You are responsible for keeping your Gravatar information up to date.

You do not have to have a Gravatar account to use this site; however, due to the integration, it is not optional if you have a Gravatar account associated with the email address you provide to our site. If you do not wish to have your Gravatar account associated with this one, you will need to provide an email that is not associated with Gravatar.

Rights of Likeness and Privacy

We respect the Rights of Likeness and Privacy. By registering with our services, you agree that you will not use a login name or avatar that contains the likeness of a real-world individual either of themselves or as a portrayal of a character regardless of that individual being you or someone else.

Accounts with login names and avatars containing real-world likenesses will be asked to change it and if the change does not take place within the grace period stipulated by the staff member requesting the change, then the account in violation of this policy will be terminated.

Personal Information

You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any information provided, and you are responsible for maintaining the safety and security of your identifying information by not giving out such information or information that could compromise our site or/and your account. You must keep your account information secure. Staff members will never ask for account passwords.

You understand and agree that you provide your personal information at your own risk and that you are responsible for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may be held liable for any losses due to someone else using your account or password.

If you think there are any possible issues regarding the security of your account on the website, notify us immediately so we may address them accordingly.

User Settings

You may control your user profile and how you interact with our website by changing the settings on your profile page or by updating your Gravatar account.

By providing the website your email address, you consent to our using the email address to send you service-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication via postal mail.

We may also use your email address to send you other messages, such as changes to features of the website and notifications of game mod publication. If you do not want to receive such email messages, you may opt-out or change your preferences on your profile page.

Paid Services

This website accepts certain credit cards and will automatically charge your selected credit card for all applicable fees on a monthly or yearly basis, depending on which account you select, until you or we cancel your account. If any fee is not paid in a timely manner, or we are not able to process your transaction using the credit card information provided, we reserve the right to revoke access to your account.

Availability

We use a third-party provider for processing your account information, both free and paid, and this processor is not available in all countries. As such, we are only able to offer our services to the United States of America or a country that our provider does business with.

See Stripe.com to check that you are able to use our services.

No Refunds

You may cancel your account at any time; however, there are no refunds for cancellation. If you cancel before the end of the billing cycle, you will still have access to your account for the remainder of the billing cycle.

In the event that you are found in violation of our community guidelines or in the event that we suspend or terminate your account for any reason or your account is terminated for breach of this agreement, you understand that you will not receive a refund or exchange for any unused time.

Account Termination

We reserve the rights to terminate accounts, edit or remove content, and remove our game modifications from public use at our sole discretion for any reason.

Security

We value the security and privacy of your personal information and take steps to protect against possible breaches. No website or transmission over the internet is 100% secure. As such, we do not guarantee that third parties will never be able to defeat our security measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

Applicable Law

By visiting this website, you agree that the laws of the United States of America, without regard to principles of conflict laws, will govern these terms and conditions, or any dispute of any sort that might come between oddlittleturtle.com and you or its business partners or associates. This website makes no representations that this website is appropriate or available for use in other locations.

Visitors are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws and regulations including but not limited to import and export regulations. You may not use the site if you are from a country embargoed by the United States or a foreign person or entity blocked or denied by the United States. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all materials found on the website are solely directed to individuals or entities located in the United States.

Third Party Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites or services not owned or controlled by oddlittleturtle. We do not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, services, materials, or products. If you access a third-party website from ours, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that this agreement and privacy policy do not apply to those sites. You expressly relieve oddlittleturtle and its affiliates from any and all liability arising from use of any third-party website, service, or content.

Disputes

Any dispute related in any way to your visit to this website or to services shall be arbitrated by the American Arbitration Association and shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. There shall be no in-person or oral hearing and will be based solely on the submissions of documents. The arbitrators have no authority to award punitive or other damages. Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses and the initiating party shall pay arbitrators' and administrative fees of arbitration. Except as required by law, neither a party nor an arbitrator may disclose the existence, content, or results of any arbitration hereunder without the prior written consent of both parties.

No Warranty

THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM WEBSITE OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WEBSITE, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR CORRECT; THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE WEBSITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE IS DOWNLOADED AT YOUR OWN RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR MOBILE DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH DOWNLOAD OR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS AGREEMENT GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. THE DISCLAIMERS AND EXCLUSIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ODDLITTLETURTLE, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ODDLITTLETURTLE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR INJURY RESULTING FROM HACKING, TAMPERING OR OTHER UNAUTHORISED ACCESS OR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR YOUR ACCOUNT OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ODDLITTLETURTLE ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT; (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR WEBSITE; (III) ANY UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN; (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE; (V) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY; (VI) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE; AND/OR (VII) THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY. IN NO EVENT SHALL WEBSITE, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIMS, PROCEEDINGS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, DAMAGES, LOSSES OR COSTS IN AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO WEBSITE HEREUNDER OR $25.00, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SECTION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF WEBSITE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS AGREEMENT GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Oddlittleturtle's Mods

SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT SHALL ODDLITTLETURTLE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICES OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SERVICES.

THIS MATERIAL IS NOT ASSOCIATED, GUARANTEED OR SUPPORTED BY THE ARTISTS, ORIGINAL MOD AUTHORS, OR COMPOSERS.

THIS MATERIAL IS NOT MADE, GUARANTEED OR SUPPORTED BY ZENIMAX OR ITS AFFILIATES.

Contact

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Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to edit, modify, and change this agreement at any time to reflect changes in our practices and for any other reason. Users are responsible for checking the 'last update' date of these terms at the top of the page. This agreement is an understanding between oddlittleturtle and the user, and this supersedes and replaces all prior agreements regarding the use of this website.