100% Passive monsters in Exploration world. Is this normal?

[rainymum]

I'm relatively new to Vintage Story and after a rough experience on a Standard playstyle world have switched to an Exploration world till I learn better how things work. With the creature hostility set to "passive", according to this screenshot of the playstyle settings,
 
creatures will still attack when provoked. Up until now, I have only attacked monsters/supernatural creatures in daylight, and they never fight back. I assume this is intentional. However, I recently went into a cave for the first time and was attacking them in the dark. I geared up a little beforehand, expecting a bit of a fight. But they never fought back. Is this normal?

I was planning on changing the creature hostility to aggressive when I was more confident, but figured a little bit of battle would help me warm up to it. If this is normal, I may change the setting sooner.

[V1ncent]

https://www.vintagestory.at/forums/topic/14964-my-passive-playstyle/

Found some topics talking about passive play style. It seems the passive is no different from never hostile. More like a bug

[rainymum]

Thank you! Will see if I can report the bug when I have the time, that is if it hasn't already been reported.

[Lomesomewanderer]

On passive monsters never fight back (don't know if this is a bug or intended) but wild animals do. Bears, boars, etc will still fight you if you hit them.