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*~ # WALKTHROUGH/FAQ # ~*
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By: Ervina Christine

Version 1.3


CONTENTS
I. CONTENTS
II. WHAT IS BEACHLIFE??
III. WHO AM I?
IV. WARNING!!
V. HOW TO PLAY
VI. THE BASIC PANEL
VII. BUILDING SCENARIO AND HOW TO FINISH IT
VIII. YOUR TIPS
IX. FAQ
X. CREDITS AND DISCLAIMER

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CONTENTS
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Version 1.3 -2003, Dec 5-
As always, I won't call this final. You guys can still sent me mail and
if that's good I will put it in here. Lot and lots of.. person mail me
and tells me gently how long it has been since my last update... :p
well if this helps, I install the sims again, this time with makin
magic ;) but relax, I already finished the episode, and you guys can
still yell at me..

Version 1.2 -2003, Oct 10-
Finally, uninstall the sims.. able to get a life and continue on. I
can't believe I spend months just playing it... anyway, more episode
finished, FAQ added and send this to Gamefaqs.. might take a little
while again.. for you who's waiting forever to this guide..

Version 1.1 -2003, Jul 18-
Maybe I kinda mixed up with hints and instruction. I separate those
finally. More scenarios finished. Sorry, the walkthrough will be
written little by little as I get addicted as always to the sims:
superstar. Hehe, I think everybody should play the sims!!

Version 1.0 -2003, Jun 25-
Yesterday is my birthday, and I finally stop write this at 02:00 in the
morning. I still have many things to do, but this is the basic. Hope
Gamefaqs post this. Yawn.

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WHAT IS BEACHLIFE?
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What do you mean, what is Beach Life? If you don't know what it is,
then why do you open my walkthrough??
Beach Life is a simulation game of running a resort near the beach. You
control everything, build everything, and most of the time, ruin
everything. Here, you will be guided to know more about this
interesting game.
That is what you need to know. Now, shall we continue?

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WHO AM I?
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Nobody, I'm just a person who playing Beach Life. Even if I don't get
addicted to it as much as another game I've been writing about (You
wanna know? Go figure it out yourself) this game was fun and
interesting. I can't get addicted, because when I start to be it, the
game was over!!
What the?? I think. Oh well, at least it was fun for 15 hours. Unlike
another sim game, this was end up too quickly. Maybe that's the reason
I don't get bored.
OK, that's it. Enjoy my walkthrough.

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WARNING!!
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You probably don't know this, I AM NOT A COMPUTER EXPERT. I probably
won't be able to answer all your question about the glitch and things
about your computer while you play the game, but I accept those mail
and try to solve it in my capability. Don't worry, I won't give you a
tips that will damaged your PC. At least I know how to avoid that :)
But if you send me mail that related to the game, I will answer it as
soon as possible, because I know about it. As always, I don't accept
any unrelated and junk mails.

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HOW TO PLAY
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What you need:
- a computer
- time
- basic knowledge of playing simulation games
What your PC needs:
- a nice master that doesn't force him to play all night long
- a Beach Life CD
System requirements:
- Minimum:
COMPUTER: IBM PC or 100% compatible
OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP
CPU: Intel PII-450 or equivalent
RAM: 128 MB
GRAPHICS: 100% DirectX 8.1 compatible 16Mb Graphics Card
SOUND: 100% DirectX 8.1 compatible Sound Card
CD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) CD-ROM drive
HARD DRIVE: 950 MB free disk space (more will be required for
save games)
INPUT DEVICES: 100% Windows 98/2000/XP-compatible mouse and
keyboard
- Recommended:
CPU: PIII-800 or equivalent
RAM: 256 Mb
GRAPHICS: 100% DirectX 8.1-compatible 16 MB Graphics Card
SOUND: 100% DirectX 8.1-compatible Sound Card
CD-ROM: Eight-speed (8x) CD-ROM drive or faster
HARD DRIVE: 950 Mb free disk space (more will be required for
save games

Autoplay beachlife...

In the menu you will see some option.
Start - allows you to play scenario game
Sandbox - allows you to play game with no objections
Load - load your previous game
Extras : credits
Reset game - reset the completed game
Exit

After you choose to play, the game will load.
I'll tell you the basic panel.

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THE BASIC PANEL
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- The Map
Once you enter the game, you will see the map on the upleft.
The blue colour shows you the building, the red one shows you your
staff. Other than that, the map was drawn exactly like it is.
- Control
Watch five circle icon on your bottom left. Those icon gonna help you
for the rest of the game. Let's start from the left side.
1. Construction icon
If you click on it, the construction panel will shows up. At the
right side of the panel, you can choose from 3 type of building:
hotel and related, eating and drinking, or leisure and pastimes.
The building will be explained later. To begin the construction,
click the construct icon on the bottom right.
2. Scenery icon
Watch 7 types of scenery on the left side of the panel. There are
also a bulldoze icon on the bottom left of the panel.
3. Guest and Building browser
Here, you can see a list of your guest and their percentage as
well. If you choose the building icon you will see the list of
your building.
4. Finances
Watch for the money issue; it was the most important factor
throughout the game. If you have played this before you will
understand what I mean. See the overview, income and costs around
your resort. Make sure your costs doesn't charge more than your
income.
5. SHO
You can take a picture around your resort here.
- Status icon
There are 7 of them, which are:
1. Money stat
Shows you how much your money now.
2. Electricity stat
Shows you the amount of electricity you have and how much you've
been using.
3. Island stat
Shows in stars. The better you are, the higher the stars.
4. Clock
5. Day
6. Ferry summary
If you click on it you will get a list of the departure and
arrival time.
7. Guest stat
- Staff portrait
Six portrait you will see there is the portrait of your staff.
1. Mechanics
Mechanics is vital if you already pass the 3rd scenario. It repairs
your broken things, maintain the building and repairs it if
something went wrong.
2. Representatives
You should hire holiday rep if you want to make the guest happy.
3. Cleaners
Cleaners are totally important since the beginning till the last
scenario. They cleaned all the litter your guest making.
4. Lifeguards
To secure the beach area. And to make your beach more beautiful,
too...
5. Securities
If your guest throwing a litter or breaking the lamp or bench, he
is the one you wanna go for.
6. Builders
This is the most important staff you should have. They build
everything you order; though it not as fast as you hope.
- Another panel
You can see the most bottom left icon; The zoom panel and the speed
panel. You can't pause the game but at least you can make it faster, so
that means in this game there is no way you could do another things
except if you press the Alt + Tab. The bottom right icon show you the
music panel (not the speed panel as most people think). Those two last
icons is the objective panel (trophy icon) and options (wheel icon)

Whew, I think that's the basic you should know... for now.

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BUILDING
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This section contains the list of the building on Beach Life.

- HOTEL AND RELATED
1. Power generator: provide the electricity for the entire island.
Without this, you can't build most of the vital buildings.
2. Watercleaning plant: clean the water, essential for the island with
dirty water.
3. Accomodation Block: your place to spend the nights.
4. First aid post: if you gets unconscious because of overheated and
bad water.. and get kicked by that drunk woman.. and..
5. Toilet Block: you know what this is for, don't you??
6. Representative Chalet: office and apartment for the rep.
7. Cleaners Shack: home for the cleaners.
8. Mechanics Hut: home for the mechanics.
9. General Store: sells sunblocks, maps or whatever you think you need.
10. Lifeguard Tower: lifeguard spot drowned guest from here and
sometimes ignore them...

- EATING AND DRINKING
1. Poolside Bar: a small bar at the side of the pool; self explanatory.
2. Theme Bar: a huge bar with unique theme like country bar or
spaceship.
3. Beach Bar: small bar on the beach, open 24 hours a day.
4. Beach Barbeque: a chef standing there 24 hours a day and cook the
BBQ. Someday he'll cook himself if he continues that job.
5. Cafe: a trendy and smaller version of restaurant.
6. Restaurant: self explanatory.
7. Ice cream stall: the guests buy ice cream mostly on the hottest day.
8. Soft drink stall: open 24 hours a day and offered a normal and soft
drink for the 'soft' people.
9. Fastfood stall: buy the burgers here; not as good as the beach BBQ
though.