WARFIGHTER989 0 Posted December 2, 2007 If someone could answer this I would be very appreciative. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattxr 9 Posted December 2, 2007 There was a thread on this, but its no where on the globe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoRailgunner 0 Posted December 3, 2007 Have a closer look into ArmA-wiki clickto Sahrani Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlipperyJim 0 Posted December 3, 2007 North Atlantic? Is there desert and tropical plants/trees in the North Atlantic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beagle 684 Posted December 3, 2007 North Atlantic? Â Is there desert and tropical plants/trees in the North Atlantic? Yes, just look at canarie islands for example, they have a very similar type of climate...dry south and lush north. North Atlantic just says its in the northern hemissphere...that includes the tropical regions. http://maps.google.de/maps?oe....10&om=1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jarvis 0 Posted December 3, 2007 I've always pictured it sort of off of Africa's coast, although it's like all white people that look like they live all russian-like...so it's really confusing. You'd think it would be an island near Russia or some place like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sevan 0 Posted December 3, 2007 I thought it's supposed to be off the coast of Brazil. Which would still put it in the north atlantic.But it's coordinates on the wiki article, put it evenly between the USA and Europe, around the same latitude as Spain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr burns 132 Posted December 3, 2007 Guadelupe. Search function should have brought up many topics about this.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Faulkner 0 Posted December 3, 2007 Sahrani is anywhere you want it to be. It has a lat/long merely because the game engine demanded it (so as to draw the stars appropriately). I do suspect, though, that they intended to make it middle- Eastern but chickened out at the last minute. "Sahrani" is indubitably an Arabic-sounding name (and the theme tune is Middle-Eastern too), not a mid-Atlantic Hispanic name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
- LoneWolf - 0 Posted December 3, 2007 I do suspect, though, that they intended to make it middle-Eastern but chickened out at the last minute. "Sahrani" is indubitably an Arabic-sounding name (and the theme tune is Middle-Eastern too), not a mid-Atlantic Hispanic name. If you check the license plates on some civilian cars the lettering looks to be Arabic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madus_Maximus 0 Posted December 4, 2007 Wasn't the name based on the Bible? As all their other islands have been named (code names at least) after Biblical figures like Abel and Caine. Nogova was "Noe" which is Czech for Noah. Sarah was Abraham's wife methinks but they made it sound more place namey, if that makes sense lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drozdov 0 Posted December 4, 2007 I don't think they knew what they were basing Sahrani on. It seems like it's supposed to be Spanish speaking, yet it has Arabic architecture in the South and an Arabic name. Porto even has a minaret. The posters in the North are a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese - all are Spanish except the 'No Passarao Sulistas', which is Portuguese for 'No passage for Southerners'. This mish-mash of cultural influences combined with the completely different landscape of the North and South (you can't have half of a tiny island tropical/desert with palm trees and the other half temperate with pine trees ) make Sahrani a totally unviable island, and a nightmare to make a realistic story-driven campaign around. That said, I like the island and some of the towns in it. It's just so implausible as a whole. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sevan 0 Posted December 4, 2007 ^ I share the same feeling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr burns 132 Posted December 4, 2007 Sahrani imho is derived from the (more or less) famous level designer guru name Sam Shahrani. Still thats just the opinion of a fanatic (& now homeless) ofp slut.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites