This is the pasture biome from mine and Phasmomancer's RFU8 Settlers of Catan map, extracted and converted into a stand-alone map. The theme for RFU8 was board games so we made a map based on the 6 biomes of Catan - Forests (Wood), Fields (Wheat), Pastures (Wool), Hills (Brick), Mountains (Ore), and Desert (Robber). ( https://www.factionfiles.com/ff.php?action=file&id=8229 ) The original map is huge, so only really works with 15+ players, so I converted each biome into its own map, which will work much better for smaller player counts.

The map has a day and night. It starts out as night and after about 2:37min it switches to day and unlocks the Barn and a Ship for new play areas.

Changes for version 1.1:

- Big performance improvements.
- LOD's added to all the meshes, so not so much geometry needs to render at once. Also players can lower their character detail settings or LOD scale settings, to improve performance even more if they need it.
- Replaced most of the 22 kHz ambient sounds with higher quality 44 kHz versions.
- Put the new meshes and ambient sounds in a separate vpp so they will also apply to older Catan maps if they are played.
- Added an option for "Low Graphics Mode" that disables all the small decorative meshes everywhere, all particle emitters, all dynamic lights, and replaces all the sheep with the low poly Minecraft sheep, for even more performance if people need it. Switch between low and normal graphics mode any time, by double tapping your use key.
- Added firefly emitters at night to give it even more of a warm summer night vibe.
- Changed the mesh ambient light scale to match SP, for darker night and more contrasty lighting on meshes during the day.
- Tweaked the fire, smoke and spark emitters to look a bit better.
- Custom debris for when the cart is destroyed.
- Higher life on the cart, so it takes a bit more shots before it gets destroyed.
- Added a layer to the skyboxes to help them blend with the haze a bit better.
- Changed the logic for the respawn points inside the barn and on the ship, which enable during the day.
- Added acceleration and deceleration to the boat rocking, to make it look a bit better.
- Removed the grate on the ship model that made it look like the inside of the ship was full of water.
- Fixed the bug that would have players sometimes respawning in a black box.
- Fixed a portal bug that would make the inside of the barn not render when you’re in the water hole and the water hole not rendering when inside the barn.
- Various other small tweaks.

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Notes:
- This map runs about 3x faster and looks best using the new Direct3D 11 renderer in the alpine faction launcher settings, so highly recommended to use that option if you have a dedicated GPU that supports it.
- This map requires Alpine Faction v1.2.2 or newer (https://alpinefaction.com) to run.

Willson · Wed 14 Jan 2026, 9:42 · Oddball and 1 others like this User Rating: 👍 Recommended!   ⚠️ This review was written for an older revision of the file. The comments may not apply to this version. Reviewed as: Settlers of Catan - Pasture I didn't get below 230 FPS as far as I have tested. The sheeps in the map are looking a bit static, but I guess it is meant this way. My Video-Adapter: NVIDIA RTX 5060 with only 8GB and highest resolution, 2500x1440.

liq · Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10:04 (edited Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10:14) · MysticaL-AceR and 3 others like this User Rating: 🤔 Neutral...   ⚠️ This review was written for an older revision of the file. The comments may not apply to this version. Reviewed as: Settlers of Catan - Pasture visually stunning, vibey, impressive, amazing for walking around & sightseeing. Settlers of catan project is one biggest feats in rf1 existence -> would fit perfectly well into some Singleplayer content. Or goofing around with your stoned friends roleplaying . In terms of MP-viability..... sadly its 70fps stuttery unplayable mess. Personally i love old games because of their robustness,smoothness and technical stability which doesnt hinder your gameplay at any time. Current state makes this impossible to enjoy even on casual server :(. Its the same case as for majority of DVL maps... its hard to write this review. I think its very depressing/heart-brokening circumstance . I hope this and other maps can be fixed/tuned/reworked at some point - they deserve this.

Name	Date Added	Downloads	Quick Links
Settlers of Catan - Pasture V1.1 (newest)	04/09/2026	1	[Download] [Install]
Settlers of Catan - Pasture	10/11/2025	168	[Download] [Install]

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