I see “Vanilla Minecraft” referred to a lot, but it seems to have different definitions here and there.

Is it just Minecraft without data packs, resource backs, etc? So, like, “out of the box”? Or is it really something else?

  • whileloop@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Vanilla just means unmodified, exactly what you think.

    However, some people might still refer to mods that don’t significantly change gameplay as vanilla. For instance, the Vanilla Tweaks resource pack is filled with small changes to the appearance of things in the game. Some might also consider the Optifine or Sodium mods to be Vanilla since they don’t change gameplay.

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      1 year ago

      I’d say it’s also a bit contextual and on a spectrum.

      If you’re using Optifine/Sodium for performance, it’s pretty vanilla. If you get a crash and you use Optifine, you definitely can’t claim to be playing vanilla.

      If you’re talking about shaders and you say you prefer the vanilla style, you’re probably talking about flat and pixelated blocks and not the 50 tech mods you’re running.

      If you’re talking about how tech mods are too complicated for you, and you like simple vanilla mechanics, you may still be running heavy shaders to make it pretty and you’re probably a builder.

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        1 year ago

        Exactly my thoughts. There’s vanilla in terms of modded/unmodded, and then there’s how close it looks or feels to the base game.