Beach Life

Beach Life

Developers
	Deep Red Games
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Poland	Cenega
Release dates
Windows	September 6, 2002
Reception
Metacritic	69
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Business
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary

Beach Life is a singleplayer isometric business game. German and Benelux releases share the same cover art as the US version. Other releases European releases use different cover art.

It was released as Virtual Resort: Spring Break in North America.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 4 DRM

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 is available to download from patches-scrolls.de.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files
Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Movies\. Delete or rename EidosMovie.mpg.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\BeachLife.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SaveGames

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Native resolutions are 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x960. For other resolutions, see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

TnG Patcher
Use TnG Patcher to set custom resolutions.

Hex edit SpringBreak.exe (US version only)

Open SpringBreak.exe with a hex editor such as HxD. Press Ctrl+F and set datatype to Hex-values. Search for 68 E0 01 00 00 68 80 02 00 00 E8 CC A8 00 00 5E C2. Highlight 80 02 00 00 and replace the value in the UInt32 row with the desired width (it's on the Data inspector tab in the right side). Highlight E0 01 00 00 and repeat the same as the previous step, but this time for height. Save the file. Once in-game, choose the new resolution in the video options.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for music and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Only in American and UK copies.
French				Only in European copies.
German				Only in European copies.
Spanish				Only in European copies.
Polish				Only in European copies.

Issues fixed

Low frame rate on modern systems

Use a Direct3D 7 wrapper
Use a Direct3D 7 wrapper like DgVoodoo 2 or DDrawCompat.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	6.1c

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel PII-450 or equivalent		PIII-800 or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	128 MB		256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	950 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible		16 MB of VRAM