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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...

LOTRO First Impressions

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I've been eyeing the 'Lord of the Rings Online' game for a few years now, but due to my PC's limited hardware capacity and the game not being free, I couldn't play it. I've been a fan of the lore since I've read it, and I really liked the movies the moment I watched them. So you could imagine my excitement when LOTRO announced last June that the game is finally free-to-play. I bought a new PC last December, but I couldn't get around downloading the game and just finished some few days ago. Over the several hours that I've played, I can say that the game is amazing. I was a bit dizzy at first since I'm not used to it's 3d interface (as opposed to Maple Story's side scroll look), but I got used to it. Everything about it is so good, the graphics, the music, the gameplay - everything. It's also a plus that I don't get xp loss upon death. The quests are fun and leveling up is pretty much easy too (at least on my current level). One ...