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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...

Wonderfalls

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I wonder wonder why the Wonder Falls Since I'm feeling lazy to make my own, here's the summary from Wikipedia "The show centres on Jaye Tyler ( Caroline Dhavernas ), a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with various animal figurines — a wax lion, brass monkey, stuffed bear, and mounted fish, among others — which direct her via oblique instructions to help people in need"    Let me say this first: I think Caroline Dhavernas (Jaye Tyler) is so pretty!!! She does not look like the model/beauty queen type, but her eyes are beautiful - it reminds me of a mirror. Now that I got that out of my system, I can now say that even though I think she's really pretty and her role in Wonderfalls reminds me a bit of George Lass, I never really liked her character. I enjoyed watching the show but not as much as Dead lik...