mjkerner

Sahrani has always been a favorite of mine over the years. Recently, I stumbled across a mod made by |||CPTMILLER||| that turned our Syrians into members of the SLA. Feeling inspired, I decided to see how feasible it might be to recreate Sahrani, or a portion of it, in CM.
 
I ultimately decided to go with South Sahrani (and a small part of its northern neighbor). The end result was a fairly accurate recreation of the map itself. Due to map size limitations, the island is roughly 12% smaller than the one featured in ArmA but still comes in at a whopping 4,272m x 3,856m. Some features, like building placement and terrain, had to be modified to fit the smaller scale or changed slightly due to not carrying over in CM's world builder the same. Other features, like the light houses, had to be left out all together because I simply was not happy with the available substitutes. It is not a 1:1 recreation by any means, but it is close enough to where I am happy with it.
 
The map is pretty much completed at this point, with only a few changes left to be made to the terrain, so I would expect a release sooner rather than later.  
 
Some screenshots:

Editor Map (South)

Editor Map (North)

 

Southern Port at Corazol

Paraiso, International Airport & Government District

Ortego & Geraldo

Ortego Street View

East Corazol - part of North Sahrani

Dolores

East & West Corazol

Thank you Splinty. I see all the mistakes and the things I couldn't get to work right. Glad it works for you!

Thanks, Bootie.

Bootie put it up.
 

You're worse than me, lol.  These look fantastic to me.

These are two of Kieme's outstanding buildings in HD.
I  hate Kieme so much I burnt and shot them up. :-)

What you get with these buildings in HD:
 
Scorched sides from internal fires
Windows above the ground floor have no glass (still function in game terms)
Lightly-smoked roofs x 2 – a Syrian delicacy – don't knock it if you haven't tried it
Pockmarking from bullet and shell hits
Other damage and battle crap
Pro government and jihadist slogans/iconography
A little easter egg

 
(Yes, I think that sh*t is authentic. They're madder than a barrel of frogs.)
Designer's Notes
You need Kieme's buildings 4 and 5 to make this work. I recommend all his buildings. Because of the limitations of the way the modular buildings work I suggest you only use it as 1, 2, or 3 storeys as the scorching will look a bit odd otherwise. However it still works with taller buildings, particularly if you add balconies.
The pair of buildings aren't too heavily bullet-scarred so they fit in with other structures around. Because of the way the modular buildings work there had to be compromises with the placing of the slogans and decals, but I feel they add a lot of character to the buildings.  PUT IN THE Z FOLDER AS USUAL.

 
You can add wrecked Aircon3 to your flavour objects for that extra bit of damage.
 

 
 
Links to download files:
Bldg 4a
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/jq5xx756povzz/4a
Bldg 5a
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/a63o9rlf3h78s/5a
Aircon3
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/2b89t2rv51e30/aircon3
Installation: put in the Z folder as usual. I've put them with the relevant Kieme building folders and that works just fine. 
 
Note, I forgot I was using my vanilla modding SF2, so I loaded up Darya Tank Raid which I was halfway through, the semi-finished buildings came up and they looked so good that I had to complete them to play the rest of the scenario.




 

Sweet!  Works for me.
 

I sent the mod files to Bootie just now. I had contacted Bootie yesterday about it and he indicated he'd be able to get to uploading it at CMMMOD IV in maybe a day or so. Since we have an 8 or 9 hour time difference, my guess is probably by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. 

Thanks Freyberg. I missed it.

Forgot I had almost finished these British MTP uniforms before my winter burnout.  The helmet cloth is too dark, but otherwise, too green or okay?

@Erwin, I always make layers with dust dirt, so you'll have an option of clean or dirty.
@Splinty, thanks and I'll be trying to contact Booty tonight for the upload.
@Combartintman, thanks for the input. I had already lightened things up since the last pictures, but probably should tweak the helmets a bit. "Muck(ing)about" is spot on. I much and muck-- often using a word that rhymes--on these mods until I'm going stir crazy.  I'm declaring victory in a bit and calling it done.

Forgot I had almost finished these British MTP uniforms before my winter burnout.  The helmet cloth is too dark, but otherwise, too green or okay?

@Erwin, I always make layers with dust dirt, so you'll have an option of clean or dirty.
@Splinty, thanks and I'll be trying to contact Booty tonight for the upload.
@Combartintman, thanks for the input. I had already lightened things up since the last pictures, but probably should tweak the helmets a bit. "Muck(ing)about" is spot on. I much and muck-- often using a word that rhymes--on these mods until I'm going stir crazy.  I'm declaring victory in a bit and calling it done.

Editor People! This tip is for your your carpal-tunnel health:
When in the Scenario Editor/AI Tab-
-The "Up" and "Down" arrow keys will cycle through (increasing or decreasing in number) the orders within that an AI Group for a given order.
-The "Left" and "Right" arrows change the AI Group number up or down one number.
It's far easier to see the narrative progression of orders with hotkeys, rather than returning to the AI order tab constantly.

Good catch, 556. Sure looks curved to me.

Btw, tried to have my son dropbox me the folders/files, but he doesn't have the time and probably couldn't find them buried in the 931 GB drive anyway (all every CMx2 game and module, plus CMA). Looks like this weekend he'll be back, so early next week I'll get the HD back.
And thank you for your interest and kind words!

Btw, tried to have my son dropbox me the folders/files, but he doesn't have the time and probably couldn't find them buried in the 931 GB drive anyway (all every CMx2 game and module, plus CMA). Looks like this weekend he'll be back, so early next week I'll get the HD back.
And thank you for your interest and kind words!

You will feel more at peace with the trees if you (smoke a joint and) consider that their effect on gameplay is not represented 1:1 by their visuals. I find that their leaves conceal less than one would expect, but their trunks more so. 

Yup, that's the one I was thinking of, Ithikial.  Warts and quakerparrot67, I think there's a way to get the sheen, but it probably will make the whole bmp texture shine. 

I think they came in a uniform-and-divisional patches mod that included a British and Canadian divisions. My very foggy memory thinks Dark Canuck may have done it or had some involvement with??? Not able to check my mod back-up folders cuz they’re on an exterior hard drive my son is using, and won’t be seeing him for a while.

Leather jerkins for the British were modded a long time ago in CMBN, but may need to be updated. Don’t recall who did them.

A short video of a multiplayer battle.
 

Currently reading the book, authored by Jake Tapper.  Story of COP Keating.  Very good read.  My son spent 15 miserable months in that AOR with the 173rd, a year prior to the main event.  We were just discussing the book a couple nights ago and he told a story of sitting atop a cold windswept mountain watching the COP get pounded with mortars. Said they were only a short trek away as the crow flies, but given the terrain it would've taken them hours to reach it.  Ironically, he found himself in nearly the same situation a short time later when on what was supposed to be his last few nights in country, he and 18 members of his platoon were attacked on a remote OP by 100+ Taliban in the early morning hours under the cover of fog. Son said it was the longest hour he could ever imagine.  His squad leader was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions that day....and I thank him silently every night before going to bed for bringing my boy home.

Oh, not a complaint, just wondering.  I know he's got a huge ask ahead of him...

My first CMFI video...