unperfek7 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I often read "Vanilla" before Fallout or some other words but....what does it mean ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sombrehombre Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Its shorthand for "unmodded". The game as delivered by Bethesda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotte Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 "Vanilla" in this case is an unmodified version ,like how it is when it is freshly installed or with just the official patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysus Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 unmodded or standard just like vanilla ice cream... in sharp contrast to cookies and cream or strawberry cheescake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankc Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Got a question about other people's use of the term - to you does it mean strictly unmodded, or just no gameplay changing mods installed? For example, would you consider a clean install with a GNR playlist extender and a recolored Eulogy Suit to still be "vanilla". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Strictly unmodded, with only the latest patch. In my definition, only a physical DVD install qualifies, because the legal downloaded versions have extra 'protection' built in that may interfere with some mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birrii Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Sometimes I think it also means that you maybe have some other things modded, but e.g not you body or your hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smosh Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Vanilla to me means no mods but patches are OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unperfek7 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 aite, thnaks guys ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 vanilla like in basic flavor, historically the substrate where the final flavors are added. So, all answers saying it's the product as released by the maker, before any modification is added are correct. Patches are meant to correct or fix, seldom to modify, so they keep the vanilla state. The concept is not so rigid. As example all linuxers knows. Each distro patches the vanilla kernel (as released by the kernel group) to attend their particularities, so the patch in this case destroys the vanilla state, but they are patches from third parts... The principle applies here, with a certain tonality of gray. The unofficial patches shall be considered vanilla or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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