Definition of vanilla server?!

[\m/]

Can somebody pls explain the correct definition for vanilla server?

Unmodded server, but settings like weather, types.xml changed.

Unmodded server and no gameplay setting like types.xml changed.

Light modded server and no gameplay setting changed.

Vanilla+ or vanilla enhanced server.

Vanilla feeling server.


I read daily postings about vanilla server here in the forum, and it seems each serverowner has a own interpretation.
Many people post here that they are against modded server, and vanilla is king. Why play most people on modded pewpew server although they prefer vanilla? Is vanilla really to hard for the majority?


(The questions are just out of curiosity, personally i prefer hardcore survival modded server with strong zeds, and only mods which increase difficulty and varity.. Or simple said server which are harder than vanilla. But there are only a few in my region (eu) online.)

[Smokey]

I guess Google is broken for you

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_software

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Nahh, its not broken.
I was asking for the typical dayz player definition of dayz vanilla, which seems to be complete different from the standard wiki definition of vanilla.

[Pacifist]

A vanilla server for any game is a server configured as the developers intended and released for public use.

[Chicago Ted]

Originally posted by \m/:

Nahh, its not broken.
I was asking for the typical dayz player definition of dayz vanilla, which seems to be complete different from the standard wiki definition of vanilla.

In the case of the DayZ Standalone forums, the vanilla DayZ experience is what GooseFoot says. In some instances you might see people refer to the vanilla DayZ experience as what the original mod was without extra mods (modception), while others consider the vanilla experience to be whatever the devs release plus small changes to the XML files on the server that dictate day/night cycles etc.

There's a small post on Reddit about what it meant regarding the original mod, which highlights the point: https://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1pf71l/lets_talk_about_the_term_vanilla/

[Enforcer]

Vanilla for me is original game without any mods.
So many servers offer a "vanilla experience" but run mods that weren't even part of vanilla to begin with. Same crap with hardcore.....by name.