vanilla

[Brice]

what is that vanilla that many of you are often talking about ?

 

[GiantRaven]

unpatched civ IV

 

[Brice]

ok, thanks, so civ 1.61 is no longer vanilla, is it ?

 

[smjjames]

vanilla civ is a reference to the origional, un-modded, version of the game, even with the patch.

I guess because vanilla is the origional flavor or something. No idea how that term started, but thats my guess.

 

[Brice]

ok, so when you play with the HOF mod or any other, you're no longer on vanilla mod

 

[smjjames]

vanilla isn't a mod, its the origional game without any addons other than the patch, so yea if you are doing the HOF mod or the SevoMod for example you aren't doing vanilla civ.

 

[pholkhero]

I guess because vanilla is the origional flavor or something. No idea how that term started, but thats my guess.

more probably b/c it's very plain.

 

[.Shane.]

I think that vanilla includes the patches since they're not mods, they're fixes/enhancements of the game the publisher supports.

 

[Mewtarthio]

I think it's because most people like vanilla ice cream, so "vanilla" came to mean "ordinary," which eventually evolved into "plain."