what is vanilla

[DiDDLERONTHEROOF]

i know theres an actual definition but people seem to think vanilla dayz=no mods
for me vanilla dayz is literally loads of mods so much so that each server is nearly a different game. thats the way it was back in 2014. the game *was* a mod and im almost certain there were no official servers. each server was custom and slightly/vastly different then the next. is vanilla dayz a grab bag of unique modded servers or is vanilla dayz the trash they gave us 4 years ago on official servers?

[Sgt Smash]

Vanilla = Stock

[Strelokest]

Vanilla means unmodded. The stock game as you get when you launch it fresh and play on an official server.

I don't know what your point is, but you aren't going to change that meaning of the word.

[SgtKooler]

So you acknowledge theres already a known definition to vanilla but then go to say what you think it means... like wtf lol, ok. The options you gave to pick from go against the official definition of vanilla lol. Sgt and others are Correct, and stock = running the server on the latest official update from the devs on official/ community servers. If you were running a server with content and gameplay that was originally vanilla at the time 4 years ago, then technically you'd need a mod to do that so it wouldnt be vanilla anymore lol

[Envy The Dead]

Vanilla means basic version nothing added

Official servers are vanilla

[baddoggs]

Vanilla as it relates to games means basic version, no DLC
or mods. DayZ mod for ARMA cannot be considered "vanilla"
Because it was itself a collection of mods for a "Vanilla" game.
Ironically, Vanilla is one of the most expensive flavors
in a "culinary" sense.

[Idaho]

It's ironic because 'vanilla' is used to indicate something boring/plain; but vanilla is literally the best tasting flavor (besides salt), and is the best color. I believe the use of 'vanilla' in this context is a long-running intel. psyop... Kinda like how they convinced people that tomatoes are fruit, or that pluto isn't a planet... Show me one person that puts tomatoes in fruit salad...

[Лысый черт]

vanilla-ordinary servers

[DiDDLERONTHEROOF]

Originally posted by baddoggs:

Vanilla as it relates to games means basic version, no DLC
or mods. DayZ mod for ARMA cannot be considered "vanilla"
Because it was itself a collection of mods for a "Vanilla" game.
Ironically, Vanilla is one of the most expensive flavors
in a "culinary" sense.
:lunar2019grinningpig:

right thats my whole point. we have a standalone game based off a non vanilla mod yet beoble argue about vanilla vs modded. yeah sure technically SA dayz is its own game and you could call it vanilla but its still technically not its own game in any way shape or form when its entire existence relies off of the mod. its not one of those oh someone else wouldve made it scenarios.

[DiDDLERONTHEROOF]

Originally posted by SgtKooler:

So you acknowledge theres already a known definition to vanilla but then go to say what you think it means... like wtf lol, ok. The options you gave to pick from go against the official definition of vanilla lol. Sgt and others are Correct, and stock = running the server on the latest official update from the devs on official/ community servers. If you were running a server with content and gameplay that was originally vanilla at the time 4 years ago, then technically you'd need a mod to do that so it wouldnt be vanilla anymore lol

okay based on what your saying then official 1.0 isnt vanilla because they literally switched engines at one point. the old engine official servers would be the vanilla version of the game. but even then my friend oohohoh even then the official servers were somehow connected to a private server where there was a tent compound in elektro. you would pay these people real dollars to join there server, go and get your gear from the tents. and then hop back over to official. even the old vanilla official servers still had traces of, idk how to say it besides non vanilla aspects.

[DiDDLERONTHEROOF]

i will secede that there are different versions of vanilla dayz. and that the arma 2 mod was not vanilla. good day I SAY GOOD DAY SIR

[MrWitz]

Originally posted by POOSHEISTY:

is vanilla dayz the trash they gave us 4 years ago on official servers?

Yes, but you already knew that. I'm not really sure what the point was of this philosophical flex of yours. You're posting a thread in the forum of DayZ Standalone, so "vanilla" is quit obvious as to what it means.

I'd sound like an awkward dork if I said " *sniff* buuut vanilla CoD was the oRiGiNaL from 2003 *sniff*!!!!! ". No one cares. No one cares anymore about the origins of DayZ. DayZ today is Standalone, so vanilla is Standalone without mods.

[Caxton Gibbet]

Originally posted by POOSHEISTY:

...the official servers were somehow connected to a private server where there was a tent compound in elektro. you would pay these people real dollars to join there server, go and get your gear from the tents. and then hop back over to official...

Pretty sure that was never a thing, community servers don't exist on the same hive as official servers, and never have. Your character and it's carried gear can only move between servers on the same hive.

[DiDDLERONTHEROOF]

Originally posted by Caxton Gibbet:

Originally posted by POOSHEISTY:

...the official servers were somehow connected to a private server where there was a tent compound in elektro. you would pay these people real dollars to join there server, go and get your gear from the tents. and then hop back over to official...

Pretty sure that was never a thing, community servers don't exist on the same hive as official servers, and never have. Your character and it's carried gear can only move between servers on the same hive.

it was a thing you can look it up on youtube or ask anyone who played official at the time, i never said it was connected to a community server, i said private. if you wanna not believe me just because you think its unlikely without doing any research or having any evidence your more than welcome to continue being blissfully ignorant

[DiDDLERONTHEROOF]

Originally posted by MrWitz:

Originally posted by POOSHEISTY:

is vanilla dayz the trash they gave us 4 years ago on official servers?

Yes, but you already knew that. I'm not really sure what the point was of this philosophical flex of yours. You're posting a thread in the forum of DayZ Standalone, so "vanilla" is quit obvious as to what it means.

I'd sound like an awkward dork if I said " *sniff* buuut vanilla CoD was the oRiGiNaL from 2003 *sniff*!!!!! ". No one cares. No one cares anymore about the origins of DayZ. DayZ today is Standalone, so vanilla is Standalone without mods.

philosophical flex or just a genuine desire for a conversation about a game i love prompted by a discussion that i saw in the forums just hours before i made this post, you decide

[DiDDLERONTHEROOF]

Originally posted by POOSHEISTY:

Originally posted by Caxton Gibbet:

Pretty sure that was never a thing, community servers don't exist on the same hive as official servers, and never have. Your character and it's carried gear can only move between servers on the same hive.

it was a thing you can look it up on youtube or ask anyone who played official at the time, i never said it was connected to a community server, i said private. if you wanna not believe me just because you think its unlikely without doing any research or having any evidence your more than welcome to continue being blissfully ignorant

theres literally old discussion about this very server and how it plagued the official servers, if you know you know if you dont then stfu?