*********************************************************************** *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *~ # BEACH LIFE # ~* *~ # WALKTHROUGH/FAQ # ~* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *********************************************************************** 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 *********************************************************************** CONTENTS *********************************************************************** 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. *********************************************************************** WHAT IS BEACHLIFE? *********************************************************************** 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? *********************************************************************** WHO AM I? *********************************************************************** 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. *********************************************************************** WARNING!! *********************************************************************** 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. *********************************************************************** HOW TO PLAY *********************************************************************** 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. *********************************************************************** THE BASIC PANEL *********************************************************************** - 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. *********************************************************************** BUILDING *********************************************************************** 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. 10. Theme Club: a themed club including bar and dancefloor. 11. Cocktail bar: no cocktail here; just a cool place to hang out. - LEISURE AND PASTIMES 1. Beach furniture shack: rents beachchair if you want to tan. 2. Hotel pool: a safe place to swim; sometimes very boring. 3. Jaccuzi: a warm water, 24 hours a day for you and your mate. 4. Funpool: more interesting version of swim pool. 5. Beach equipment hire: rents surfboard. 6. Party boat: you can go on a date with someone here and spend all night dancing. 7. Beach disco: mini version of club, only for dancing. You can dance around the night while the sand dance around your face. 8. Beach event stage: watch the cabaret and weightlifting here; guarantee you won't get bored. 9. Beach shower: enjoy the feel of water on your body as well as the eyes of those people enjoy it. 10. Jetski hire: get on the jetski. Nothing beats the feel of get drowned because you hit some sharks. 11. Windsurfing hire: a medium excitement, safer ride and more saltwater comes into your mouth. 12. Amusement arcade: finally, an arcade on the land!! Forget the saltwater nightmare and spend your entire holiday here. 13. Casino: for those gamblers and those who think they're gamblers. The differences?? Only the money on their pocket. 14. Speedboat hire: hire a speedboat and enjoy the speed you can only feel while you're on the sea. 15. Pedalo hire: a very... very... nice amusement for some people. 16. Fishing Trip: If you watching the sea and thinks about how tasty the fish down there, try to get a shark. And we'll see who's eating who.. ********************************************************************** SCENARIO AND HOW TO FINISH IT ********************************************************************** I only tell you the scenario for the normal mode. On the sandbox mode, the island is completely the same as the scenario mode, unless there is no objection. If you have finished one scenario, you will unlock the next one as well as the sandbox mode. 1. At the Deep End Location : Mistbuyam Isle Map size : medium Weather : good Hazards : none known Difficulty: Easy Objections: Place any building the island doesn't have by 17:00 on day 3 Instruction: First, hire 2 more builders. Believe me; you'll need it. Then, build a beach bar, cleaner shack and a lifeguard tower. While waiting for beach bar to complete, build a soft drink stall near it and put a lot of trash can around the structure. You'll see why. Hire many cleaners and raise their wage. After the beach bar and lifeguard tower complete, you can build beach barbeque and beach equipment hire apart. Put a lot of trash can around the beach barbeque. It should be night soon. Build a beach disco near a place that visited most by the guest. Build a toilet block as soon as possible and put it near the soft drink stall and the bar. Then, build a beach shower. Next, build everything that left behind. - Hints: This scenario was very easy. Just build anything the island still don't have. To make your builder work faster, raise their wage to 13-15 every hour (a lot of expense, huh?) 2. If It Ain't Broke Location : Catchet Map size : medium Weather : good Hazards : none known Difficulty: easy Objections: Build another 15 structures Hire 3 mechanics Let no more than 5 drown guest Instruction: First, build two lifeguard tower apart. Build a general store and a mechanics hut. Build a beach barbeque and soft drink stall near that toilet. When the lifeguard tower is completed, put both the lifeguard into a different shift. Hire 3 mechanic, raise their wages and put them on a different shift. Build a cleaners shack and hire more cleaners. Build cafe and restaurant then finish building the structures. - Hints: Okay, this maybe tough. You should always hire maximum number of builders and raise their wages. If two lifeguard isn't enough, make another tower with the third lifeguard on a different shift. 3. Something In The Water? Location : Tempest Island Map size : Large Weather : Occasional light rain Hazards : Poor water supply Difficulty: Easy Objections: build a water cleaning plant, litter below 20 items and resort rating 3.5+ stars all before day 5. Instruction: Build a mechanics hut, a cleaners shack and a representative chalet quickly. Build a water cleaning plant, a beach bar and a toilet blocks after the three buildings finished. While waiting, hire more cleaners, mechanics, raise their wage and put them into a different shift. Build a beach barbeque, a lot of trash can nearby, a beach disco and an amusements. Build a restaurant quickly, then make a lifeguard tower. Continue with the leftovers. - Hints: Hmm... looks hard? Nah. Remember, always put a lot of trash can near the soft drink stall. Make your rep waste more time with the guest. Put the smiley beer effect to the strongest. If you feel the cleaners don't clean the litter quick enough, build more cleaners shack. 4. Scorcher Location : Sol Map size : Medium Weather : Mixed; heatwaves and light rain Hazards : none known Difficulty: medium Objections: collect $1500+ in fine Build general store At least 150 people in resort, all before day 10 Instruction: Build a general store, security office, soft drinks stall and a beach bar. Build a mechanics hut in emergency, build a beach barbeque without a trash can. Make beach disco, beach shower, hire more mechanics and cleaners, you'll understand soon. Build representative chalet and make them closer to the guest. Build lifeguard tower, an accommodation block and give your guest all they need. - Hints: Raise the smasher beer effect and don't put a trashcan near the soft drinks stall. If the fine is still below 1500, build more beach barbeque, more bar and raise the smasher effect. Or build more security office. 5. Don't Cramp My Style! Location : Tinsay Map size : Small Weather : Occasional light rain Hazards : Sharks, poor water supply Difficulty: Medium Objections: Construct at least 14 diferrent building and lose no more than 5 guest to sharks before 17:00 day 5 Instruction: build a cleaner's shack and a toilet near the ice cream stall. Build a beach barbeque and lifeguard tower near the main hotel, then another lifeguard tower at another beach. Squeeze softdrinks stall building next to the toilet, build a general store, beach disco and beach shower near the loungers. Last, build amusement arcade, a restaurant and a cafe. Complete the building list with anything you want. - Hints: Now that's what I call small. Always watch the sharks route and close the beach wherever they goes. Just bulldoze some lamps and trashcan near the main hotel and the ice cream stall. Hire cleaners soon and change the beer to smiley. Thumpers make the guest fight. As the water supply may getting worse, build one water cleaning plant and first aid post. 6. Girls, Girls, Girls! Location : Isla Man Map size : Medium Weather : Mixed; heatwaves and rain Hazards : none known Difficulty: medium Objections: Get at least 50 couples to have a romp on the beach Keep the island population of above 100 guests Get an average totty opinion of 3+ stars, all before day 8 Instruction: build a cleaners shack and representative chalet first. Then a softdrink and a toilet, but build it far from the bar. Let's continue with general store and a mechanics hut. Next, build a 'women bait' like beach shower, theme club, Jacuzzi, casino and pedalo hire. - Hints: You should make enough mixed gender in this island. Build more building that interactive to women. Raise the cape horn beer effect and lower the price. Raise the price for softdrink. 7. It's A Beauty! Location : Emerald Isle Map size : Medium Weather : Mixed; heatwaves and heavy rain Hazards : Sharks Difficulty: medium Objections: Get the average beauty opinion up to 4+ stars Get 75+ guest drunk at any one time Get at least 200 guest on the island, all before day 6 Instruction: Build a general store, a representative chalet, a toilet, restaurant, and any bar. Build more accommodation block is a good idea. Next is up to you, even if you might want to put a security office near your softdrink stall. - Hints: to make the island look beautiful, put a lot of scenery, preferably a fountain and trees. Don't let any trash piling up and don't choose smashers or thumpers as a beer. Watch out for the sharks. 8. Milk It! Location : Lotto Map size : Medium Weather : Volatile; heatwaves, rain, thunderstorm Hazards : sharks, poor water supply Difficulty: hard Objections: Raise the safety opinion up to 4+ stars Generate $ 30.000 income in any one day, both before day 10 Instruction: put 2 security office and hire more security man, on a differ shift. Build a higher income building, such as: hotel pool, fun pool, Jacuzzi, party boat, restaurant, cafe, theme club, and cocktail bar. Raise the price a little. You might have to build a water cleaning plant and a first aid post. - Hints: Don't choose smashers or thumpers as a beer. You might just be able to choose smileys, as cape horn make some of your guests feels cautious. Also careful for the sharks. 9. Don't Leave Me Now! Location : Sortee Map size : Large Weather : Volatile; heatwaves, rain, thunderstorm Hazards : lightning, beer shortages Difficulty: hard Objections: until day 5, no more than 8 unhappy leavers. Instruction: Build general store, cafe, beach shower and beach bar to keep your guest at place. Then continue building a beach equipment hire, an amusement arcade, souvenir store and a beach event stage. - Hints: make the guest happier by hiring more rep. Change the beer effect to smiley and lower the rate of your security man's harshness. If the beer problem came to an issue, change it to smasher, but lower the effect and raise the price. If there are a lot of queue on one building, build another one. Lighting might make some of your guests upset, build more indoor entertainment will stop them from leaving you. Oh yeah, lighting also make your building broken down faster. 10. Party On! Location : Larjanit Map size : Large Weather : Mixed; heatwaves, rain Hazards : none known Difficulty: hard Objections: build 3 new bar Build theme club 2 +125 guest partying at one time, all before day 5. Hints: well, that's easy. The island already have all the main buildings, so all you have to do is just focused on those bar and clubs. But first, check on your crew. If all set and ready, build a theme bar first. You can put it everywhere as the island is huge. Then while building a theme bar, build two small bar if you wish; the main problem here is party, not beer. Objections one is complete, now create a beach disco and a partyboat somewhere before you thinking of those beach amusement. If the theme bar is complete, quickly plan on those clubs and build a lot of them, variation is needed. Lower the price for party. You will see massive guests partying in their hundreds. 11. Big Spender Location : Sabot Map size : Large Weather : Mixed Hazards : Shark Difficulty: Hard Objections: resort rating of 4+ stars + 250 guests before day 6 Hints: $100.000?? Better get serious then.. The main problem here is sharks, so build the lifeguard tower first and keep an eye on your crew. The other problem is there is only a few attractions! Now head to the construction menu and build whatever attraction that you think they like. I don't have to specify here because if you reach this level, you don't have to build everything on the order anymore; you know how to do it. Besides, this island is large and you have lots of money. So, unless you're really stupid you'll know how to use it. And may I suggest you to think about the scenery?? Maybe build a 4+ star tree, 2+ star flower, a few statue while maintaining your crew and buildings?? And maybe you'll consider a few more apartment?? 12. Happy Endings? Location : Isla Finale Map size : Large Weather : Volatile; heatwaves, rain., thunderstorm Hazards : none known Difficulty: hard Objections: 5 star rating before day 10 Hints: I should congratulate you for reaching this level. I don't believe in fate, but I appreciate destiny. Like it or not, you're gonna win, so just relax and enjoy your last island. Yes, it is tough because there is almost nothing on this island, you don't have that $100.000 from your last level (where the hell did that money go??) and the weather is... well, comfy. So now, you already know what to build first, right?? Uh-huh, collect your team first, then move on to bladder and edible thing, then think what they want on those pretty weather. Be careful, don't build the entertainment building first, in spite of the huge island. It's huge because there's nothing on it. You working on the stars here, not guests or money, so just slow down; you have 10 days anyway. If the basic building is finished, all will turn out perfect. In your spare time think about those tree and flower that happy with the rain, and maybe some statues to laugh off. Maybe you should build more indoor entertainment and cold drink to fight those weather. Day by day you'll realize your winning step gets closer.. May I congratulate you first?? -------------------------------------------------- "Congratulations on building all the island so they became a huge entertainment area with the most fun, cool and interesting atmosphere. Thank you for playing beach life and thank you for listen to me and all my blabber. And considering my slow and lots of waiting response, thank you again for your patience. Maybe next time I'll guide you again to another game. At that time just tell me if I repeat this habit again. And blah blah blah blah..." =P *********************************************************************** YOUR TIPS *********************************************************************** ----- episode two ------ HersheyLoneWolf write this: Here is another smaller version of your strategy (think of it as as an add on) for the scenario where you can't lose more than 5 guests to sharks. close down the beaches throughout the entire scenario and build up on water entertainment on land (pools, pedaloo hires etc) I didn't have any trouble with the guests. ----- customize ----- MDPHopkins write this: I don't know how old the postings are for Spring Break, but I've just started playing it regularly. I was reading your FAQs and noticed that you said that you can't pause the game. You can pause it by just pressing P on your keyboard. You can also rotate buildings by pressing the space bar. Just FYI. *********************************************************************** FAQ *********************************************************************** ---- Q: Hi! I'm in a mission with objectives: - 4 stars - 75 drunked men - 200 guest The problem is that i have always 4 stars for good standard and more than 200 guest, but never ever 75 drunked people (max 55)!!! What is the strategy for this mission? I play this scenario more than 20 times. Q2:I find difficulty to complete "It's a beauty" level, Where we have to make the guests drunk ( 75+) at any One time. What kind of beer and level of strength should i use ?? thanx A: Well, all you have to do is raise the Cape Horn beer effect and make sure there are mixed gender to pair with. The Smiley beer effects are the way too weak. Lower the beer price (really, lower it as low as you can) and clean up the beach so the drunker love to pair there. Don't make much disco because everybody who have dance tends to lower down their beer effect. Just make sure you build enough drink stall for another guest who is tired of drinking beer, but make the price higher. ---- Q: hiya. im on level 'girls girls girls' and ive just managed to get the romp level to what it needs to be, but I cant get the totty rating up far enough. what does this mean and how will i go about increasing it? A: hiya too. I definitely can't tell you what totty is, but maybe I know what to do. Build more building that attractive to women and raise the cape horn effect. Lower the price, then raise the soft drink effect for preventing them to choose soft drinks. Totty rating is achieved if anyone gets drunk and try to match over. Maybe a beach showers and a beach event stage also help (choose the event as wet T-shirts, cabaret or weightlifting). ---- Q: Hi Ervina, I just read yr Beach Life walkthrough & I actually can't wait to use yr guide. From what I've played so far yr guide is excellent. See, my problem is in Level 2 If It Ain't Broke, I can't build a pedalo hire. I tried placing it everywhere along the beach but I found nowhere I can put the staircase on the ground and the platform on water unlike in Level 1. It's also the same in Level 3. It's frustrating not being able to build a pedalo hire when it's the last item you need to build. (Though I've one time made 5 people drown in less than half a day) Would appreciate your help in the pedalo hire issue. Thanks. A: In level 2, the problem is because there is not enough place to put the structure, so in my guide I suggest to build the most important structure first (the structure that most guest complained about), so there is a possibility of not enough space for pedalo hire. If you really want to put the ride, bulldoze all the scenery first (you can build pedalo hire with a compensation of lack scenery that your guest will complain.) If all the structures have been build, then complete the scenery by choosing the most beautiful one (a lot of star). The problem in level 3 is, a lot of litter and unhappy guest because the water is horrible. You can try to put any structure you want first, but I think it will make the guest mad if the most primary structure wasn't build for them. Try to change a representative chalet with the pedalo hire if you want (this might reduce the number of happy guest) ---- Q: i wanna rotate buildings but don't know how!!! please show me!!!! A: Did your mouse have a WHEEL?? *********************************************************************** CREDITS AND DISCLAIMER *********************************************************************** Thank you: - Jesus Christ, for the blessing. - Gamefaqs to posted this. - www.cheatcc.com - HersheyLoneWolf for the tips on level 2. - Me, for obvious reason. - Anyone who read this. I'm still waiting for a contribution. Anyone who wants to contribute will be given a credit and of course a big thank you! --------------- This FAQ was made by Ervina Christine and protected by a copyright law. Only for personal use only. No part or whole of this document may be reproduced. Prohibited for commercial use. This document may not be referenced, doctored or altered on any ways without the permission of the author (ceres_pallas @yahoo.com) -COPYRIGHT 2003 ERVINA CHRISTINE- ---------------