Roll1D2 Games guide on useful tools and how-to mod beginner's guide. However, I was not able to find the original reference to this claim and must conclude that the colour of Oblivion's box is not related in any way.CK3 Modding #1 -Brief introduction to modding. *I considered that it is possible that Oblivion box's colour choice of vanilla was, instead, influenced in some way by the term "vanilla" used as discussed, especially when considering the focus on mods and the free TES Construction Kit for the game. "choosing plain vanilla technology wherever you can will save you money" having no special or extra features ordinary or standard.
Hence vanilla software is the ordinary, standard version, or original version.Īs mentioned by others, this translates as the version that precedes any expansion packs, or the base game without mods.Īlthough the OED does refer to the adjective "vanilla", below, there does not seem to be a reference to this usage in the online etymology dictionary, which further suggests that it's a recent development. Yields additional flavor by allowing one to. "DDT commands comeĬausing something to be FLAVORFUL.
This is put into context by the accompanying definition of FLAVOR:įLAVOR n. The earliest recorded version of jargon.txt is v1.0.3, which includes the following definition of vanilla: However, this usage of the word is possibly as old as 1975, as it is also referenced in the original jargon.txt file that forms the basis for Raymond's dictionary. In searching for a viable reference to my theory, I discovered that the term was referenced in The New Hacker's Dictionary, first edition circa late 1996 (Oblivion was released in 2006).
I read somewhere several years ago that the term vanilla, in this usage, was coined after the release of the game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, due to the colour of the original box.
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