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Beach Life Virtual Resort: Spring Break - Opening and Editing The .BLE Game Files

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images taken from the game and from the game manual I have an itch to play Beach Life every now and then. The last time it happened, I found a band-aid solution to guests complaining about high prices. I wanted to make more changes if I could but I couldn't find a way to open and read some of the script files. There are some files in the game that are readable on notepad ( GameParameters.pis and the other . pis files on each scenario and sandscenario folder) but when you try to open up the . ble files, you only see random symbols. I've tried tools that I've seen recommended online ( Game Extractor , Ghidra , Offzip to name a few). Admittedly, I did just glaze over them because I know nothing about reverse engineering a game and didn't know what to do. I have an inkling to play it again recently, and I decided to try an idea that has been looming over my head but have been avoiding.... The GameParameters.pis file had a header containing the file name, and I notice...

SPACED

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Top: (L-R)Daisy, Tim / Bottom:(L-R)Mike,Marsha, Brian, Twist Having watched ' Hot Fuzz ' and ' Shaun of the Dead ', I was on the look out for more Simon Pegg and Nick Frost . Spaced is a British comedy series starring (and written by) Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson . It lasted for 2 seasons with a total of 14 episodes. Tim Bisley and Daisy Steiner are both flat hunting ( fun fact : the place where they met on the first episode is a real cafe - restaurant called ' Diners Delight ', located at Teddington, London). Tim is an aspiring comic book artist and the assistant manager of a comic book shop, the 'Fantasy Bazaar'. Daisy is a writer who always puts off writing. The two posed as a professional couple to meet the requirements of a cheap flat despite not knowing each other well. Their landlady, Marsha , accepts them as tenants and houses two other tenants as well. There is Brian , an artist who works with 'more complex things than...