Bathtime Trouble
 Manual

Thank you for purchasing E-Motion's Bathtime Trouble.
This manual contains the usage directions and points of caution for this software.
Before using this product, please thoroughly read through this manual to ensure correct usage.

  Summary

■Story

The life of 2 stepsisters paired together under one roof one day
The younger sister, possessing a bodily secret
was seen naked in the bath by her big sister.

■Product Explanation

This product incorporates 3D animation utilizing real time 3D graphics.
The player may choose the character's body type, display quality and presence or absence of contour lines. These increased options ensure a greater freedom of usage for this product.
The drastically evolved sex scenes provide a wide selection of body positions and actions, even ejaculation may be freely enacted by the player.

 

  Game Characters

■Game Characters

  Youko Katayama

A gentle girl with a big heart,
her kindness allows her to put others first,
but her good deeds often backfire.
As she tends to ponder deeply about things,
just when you think she is dozing off she may suddenly arrive at a conclusion.

  Chika Katayama

A young girl who is full of energy,
her father's remarriage, her new family, and her body's dark secret
cause her much angst. However, she tries very hard
and never complains to others.

  Installation / Uninstallation

■Installation Method

Please extract the archive into its own directory.
When extracting the file, it is important that the contents of the archive remain in their original folder hierachy, so please ensure to use a suitable extraction tool.

■Uninstallation method

No registry changes are made for this game.
You may simply delete the folder with the game in it.

■Loading Method

Please execute the file Bathtime.exe by double clicking with the mouse etc.

The game shall load in either Window Mode or Full Screen Mode depending on the settings.

■Exiting the Game

The application may be exited by any of the following actions.

・Selecting Exit from the Main Menu.
・When exiting, the ESC key is pressed.
(Note 1
・Pressing the Close button of the window when in Window Mode
(Note 1 (Note 2
・Pressing the keys Alt + F4 simulatenously
(Note 1 (Note 2

Note 1: It is possible to exit the game at any time, but the game will not read key input during load scenes.
       Should the processing slow down, please hold down the key for a short time.
Note 2: When this method is used to exit the game, the game settings may not always be saved correctly.

 

  Controls

This software is controlled using the mouse.
It is possible to choose actions in the game by hovering the cursor on the respective button and left clicking.

■Loading to Title Screem


■Title Screen

When the game loads, the title screen shall display.
Please choose an item from the title menu by clicking on it.

The following items are available from the Main Menu.
 ・Start: Begin the game.
 ・Character Settings: Choose the character models to be displayed in game.
 ・Movie Settings: Play a previously recorded movie.
 ・System Settings: Change the action settings of the application
 ・Exit: Exit the game. The game may be exited at any time by using the ESC key.

■Game Progression

When Start is selected from the title screen, the following screen is displayed:


■Scene Selection Screen

Any scene can be started from this screen.

Select screen name - Only the specified screen is executed.
From Beginning - All scenes are played consecutively.
Free Sex Mode - Only the Sex scene is played.
Return to Title Screen - Close this screen and return to title screen.

●Progression of Message Scene


■Message Screen

Please progress through the game by clicking the message window.
It is not possible to perform POV movement on this screen.

When the message display ends, the guide cursor will display at the terminal end of the message.
Please progress through the game by clicking the message window.
Messages which will automatically proceed also exist.
By clicking on automatically proceeding messages and messages in the midst of being displayed, you may jump to the next message.
The clicked message shall be interrupted and jump to the next one.

      ・Explanation of each icon
  Automatically progress through the game, in time with message display.
  Cancel message display and automatically proceed.
  Display option menu.

●Progression of Sex Scene

When either a Selected command from Menu, Pleasure Gauge Increase, Ejaculation Command Execution, or Time Over takes place,
the scene will progress

When the marker prompting the player to click appears, you can progress through the scene by clicking the message window.

If the mouse cursor is moved to the character's breast area, it will turn into a hand icon.
If the player drags the hand icon they can manipulate the character's breasts.

It is possible to select actions from the sub menu of the right hand screen.
When Piston is selected, the piston action may be performed by clicking the left mouse button.
When the piston action is enacted, the pleasure gauge will rise.
The pleasure gauge may rise as a result of actions other than just Piston, however other actions will raise the gauge more gradually.

      ・Explanation of each icon
  Prevent automatic movement of POV
  Display from male's point of view (POV)
  Display looking from above
  Display looking from in front
  Display from the default POV
  Display from the side POV
  Take a picture. Pictures are saved in the program directory.
  Record a movie. Movies are available for viewing from the title screen's Play Movie option.
  Speed of movements changes automatically.
  Cancel message display.
  Display option menu.
  Temporarily hide the displayed objects on screen.

■Character Settings

Here it is possible to change the settings of the displayed character.
Regardless of these settings, characters displayed in scenes other than sex scenes will remain as their specific character in the story.


■Character Settings Screen

■Play Movie

View movies recorded during sex scenes.


■Play Movie Screen

■System Settings

Set the operational settings for this application.


■System Settings Screen

Load Settings … Choose whether to load the game Window Mode or Full Screen Mode.(Note 1
Resolution Settings … Change the resolution of the game screen. Clicking the A item attached to the end of the resolution will make contour lines appear smooth.
(Note 1
Options … Go to the Options Screen.

Note 1 Will become effective the next time that the game is loaded.

●Options Screen

Perform settings for character display, BG display, and POV operation in this game.
The same operations may be performed mid-game by selecting the options during progression of either the Message Screen or Sex Scene Screen.


■Options Screen

●Options Settings

The Options Screen can be exited by either choosing Close from the left upper window or by right clicking the mouse.

●POV Operation Settings

Select the POV operations designated to each mouse button.

▼Mouse Operation Names

・L Button X Axis … Designate the operations for Left/ Right movement during Left Click Drag.
・L Button Y Axis … Designate the operations for Up/ Down movement during Left Click Drag.
・R Button X Axis … Designate the operations for Left/ Right movement during Right Click Drag.
・R Button Y Axis … Designate the operations for Up/ Down movement during Right Click Drag.
・S Button X Axis … Designate the operations for Left/ Right movement during Middle Button Drag, Pressing Wheel Drag.
・S Button Y Axis … Designate the operations for Up/ Down movement during Middle Button Drag, Pressing Wheel Drag.
・LR Button X Axis … Designate the operations for Left/ Right movement during Drag.
・LR Button Y Axis … Designate the operations for Up/ Down movement during Drag.
・Wheel … Designate the operations for Wheel movement.

▼POV Operation Names

・Not Set … Function has not been set.
・POV Rotation X Axis - Positive … Rotate the camera upwards/ downwards. This operates the pitch. Use this to look up or down.
・POV Rotation X Axis - Negative … Rotate the camera upwards/ downwards reversely. This operates reverse pitch.
・POV Rotation Y Axis - Positive … Rotate the camera leftwards/ rightwards. This operates the yaw. Use this to look left or right.
・POV Rotation Y Axis - Negative … Rotate the camera leftwards/ rightwards reversely. This operates the reverse yaw.
・POV Rotation Z Axis - Positive … Tilt the camera leftwards/ rightwards. This operates the roll. Use this to tilt the horizon up down and reversely.
・POV Rotation Z Axis - Negative … Tilt the camera leftwards/ rightwards reversely. This operates the reverse roll.
・POV Movement Y Axis - Positive … Move the camera up/ down.
・POV Movement Y Axis - Negative … Move the camera up/ down reversely.
・POV Movement X Axis - Positive … Move the camera left/ right.
・POV Movement X Axis - Negative … Move the camera left/ right reversely.
・POV Movement Z Axis - Positive … Move the camera forward/back.
・POV Movement Z Axis - Negative … Move the camera forward/back reversely.
・Zoom/ Pan - Positive … Enlarge - Shrink scene. This differs to camera forward/back in that it enacts zoom processing on the scene.
・Zoom/ Pan - Negative … Shrink - Enlarge scene. Changes the POV's angle of view.

●BG Display Settings

specify whether to display the BG or not.
BG Objects are split into several parts, and each BG element may be individually set to Display/ No Display.
The bathroom's semi-transparent objects such as steam and water belong to the MAP4 object set.
MAP4 settings become invalid for the wash basin/ dressing room.

●FPS Display

Turn the FPS display on the left upper screen On or Off.
This value displays the frame's update rate per second.

●System Sounds

Set whether clicks etc. are accompanied by a sound effect.

●Sound

Set sound playback On or Off.
As there is no speech in this product, this item does not require setting.

●BGM Playback

Set BGM playback On or Off.

●Co-ordinate Guide

Set display of co-ordinates during POV operation On or Off.

●Camera Roll Limit

Set permission of Z axis revolution of camera during POV operation On or Off.
When this setting is turned on, the upper screen will constantly point towards the ceiling.

●Camera Collision Detection

Prevents camera from sliding into the character's bodies during POV operation.

●Character Display Settings: Contours

・Contours - OFF … Do not perform contour processing. This is the normal display method.
・Contours - ON … Display the contours in light gray.
・Contours - BLACK … Display the contours with a black line.

●Character Display Settings: Feel

・Display - Normal … Normal display method.
・Display - Toon 1 … "Anime Style" feel setting.
・Display - Toon M … "Toon Style" feel setting.

●Character Display Settings: Censoring

・Mosaic … Mosaic processing focused on a more exaggerated look.
・White Blot … Localized blot processing focused on faster graphics.
・Virtual Processing … Mosaic processing focused on faster graphics.

●Character Display Settings: Male

Display setting for the partner character.

・No Display … Will not display partner on screen.
・Normal … Normal display.
・Semi-transparent … Semi-transparent display method.

In this game, the "Male" character is played by the hermaphrodite girl Chika.
Choose whether the model object of the partner (i.e. character who performs sexual acts on the female) is displayed.

●BG Color

Set the color of the background in-game.
This color is used as the base color for the background. When the BG is set to No Display,
or no BG objects are currently being displayed on the screen, this is the color which will be displayed.
The setting of this colored is enacted using slider bars for each of the 3 color components R (Red) G (Green) and B (Blue) of the screen.
The present color value and a sample of the color are displayed beneath these bars.

 

  Running Environment

Due to the relatively high data involved in the character models of this product, this game requires a higher machine spec than previous products of this circle.
The specs required to load the game does not differ from earlier titles, however the frame rate during game play will be influenced heavily by the computer's hardware.
When contemplating purchase of this game, but are worried about whether the game will load on your system, as well as how fast it will run, please check the compatibility of your computer environment using the Demo Version of this game.

 OS: Only Windows XP has been confirmed. (Will not run on Macintosh)
 CPU: 1Ghz or above
 Memory: 128MB or above
 VRAM: 64MB or above
 DirectX: DirectX 8.1 or above
 Graphics: Graphics card compatible with DirectX 8 or above Direct3D.
 Sound: Sound card compatible with DirectSound

●Regarding FPS
 Not displayed by default. This value can be displayed by turning it on in the options screen.
 The actions of this game may become heavily slowed and the screen refresh rate may also drop depending on the hardware of the player's PC.
 The FPS __ Value shown on the left upper screen denotes how many times the frame updates per second.

Macintosh/Windows95
 Will not run on these operating systems.

●Regarding Windows98/ 2000/ ME
 Compatibility has not been confirmed.

 

  Support

■Regarding Support
Please contact me if anything regarding this product has been left unclear.
Please also refer to the next chapter: Trouble Q&A.
I will give support to the extent possible.
However, this support is within the bounds of an individual creator as myself.
Please understand that there is a limit to the extent in which I can provide a correspondence/ resolution to user problems.


Please either send questions via e-mail or
by visiting the online bulletin board on this circle's website.
When asking questions, please always make sure to state the name of the product in question.
Questions received by e-mail will be responded to by e-mail,
and likewise questions received on the bulletin board will be replied to on the bulletin board.

Regarding problems such as not being able to correctly use this software,
please remember to give as much details as possible regarding the system being used to play this game.

Questions received may also be uploaded to the circle's website
as a source of information for the public.
In the event that this happens, all private information such as personal names
will be removed from the question.
In effect, the content of the question and its answer
as well as the PC hardware and the operational circumstances involved may be uploaded.

 

  Trouble Q&A

●If game won't load

・If the message Could not create 3D device is displayed upon loading the software
It is probable that the PC spec of the user is too low for this product.
Even if the user's PC spec is above the minimum for this game, depending on their graphics card or drivers,
incompatibility issues may arise which prevent the game from loading.

Please find out the details for your graphics card by going to Control Panel and choosing Graphics
or right clicking Desktop and choosing Properties, then choosing Advanced
from the Settings tab to display your graphics card's property dialog.
Open the Troubleshooting Tab and take off the Accelerator option,
then attempt to load the game again.

・If the message Could not find necessary DLL file XX displays.
It is probably that necessary files such as D3D8.DLL were not found on your computer.
Please confirm that DirectX 8.1 or above is installed on your computer.

In order to run this application
the Direct X Runtime is necessary.
Please visit the Microsoft Download Center at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=ja&categoryid=2
and download the necessary files, then install them on your computer.

However, the installation of Direct X can cause other programs to stop working, although this only ever rarely happens with programs.
After installing the latest Direct X, it is not possible to downgrade to earlier versions.
When installing, please pay full attention to this fact.

●FPS Limit
When running the game in full screen, the speed of its progression will depend on the screen's refresh rate.
When running the game in window mode, this limit on FPS does not occur.

●Movements are choppy
This product requires hardware which can handle a high drawing rate.
When using a PC which has weak 3D processing power, the game will operate with a lower drawing rate.
This drawing rate is expressed as the value denoted as FPS __ in the upper left of the screen.
If the FPS drops, the movements of the characters will become choppy, and the responsiveness of the controls will also drop.

During a sex scene, it is possible to speed up the frame rate by turning off mosaic processing.

Changing the display method will also sometimes speed up the frame rate.
  →Set Contour Processing to OFF
  →Set Color Display to NORMAL

Contour Processing and Toon Processing can result in a heavier load on the cup during game play.
When smooth movements are required, remember to check that these options are turned off.

●The game suddenly freezes
When using this game simultaneously with other applications, or switching windows in use,
not enough memory may be available for the game, which may cause irregular effects on the game play.
If this happens, please terminate the application and restart Windows before trying the application again.
If the same problem persists after many tries, we the circle would appreciate if you contacted us.
When contacting us please remember to note the in-game circumstances and your PC's circumstances at the time the anomaly occurred in as much detail as possible, in order for us to help you to solve the problem.

●Mosaic Processing
Mosaic processing may not operate normally depending on the PC environment of the user.
If mosaic processing acts irregularly it will automatically switch to Virtual Processing as a substitute.

●Full Screen Mode/ Window Mode setting
This product is designed to be played in full screen mode.
As full screen mode may not work with all types of hardware,
the game is set to run in window mode by default in the initial program settings.
When the game does not operate sufficiently in window mode,
please play it in full screen mode.

Full screen/ window mode can be selected when the software loads.
When this setting is changed in the options menu, it will come into effect the next time that the program is loaded.

These settings are saved in the ap.ini file of the data folder.
The full screen/ window mode setting can be changed by editing the p_st_win entry.
When full screen/ window mode changing causes the game to no longer load,
please load the game after directly editing the ap.ini file.

Setting Example
・Window Mode
p_st_win=1
・Full Screen Mode
p_st_win=0

 

  Contact Details

If you have any questions/ requests regarding this product,
please contact the creator via the following:

Website:
http://www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~groe/emo/
(Using the online bulletin board)

E-mail:
groe@md.neweb.ne.jp
(When asking a question, please remember to include the title of the product in question).

 

  Points of Caution

■Regarding Background Music
Rengoku Teien (http://www.rengoku-teien.com/)
supplied the MIDI files used in this game.
The copyright of each employed MIDI file belongs to their author Kozou Rengoku.

■Regarding Sound Effects
The Matchmakers
supplied the sound effects used in this game.

All characters in this game are works of fiction.
When using this game simultaneously with other applications, it may not perform correctly.
When playing this game in full screen mode, then switch to another application, it may discontinue to run correctly.
The copyright of this software is owned by its programmer. The copyright of midi/ wave sound files employed in this game are owned by their respective creators.
The data of this game may not be altered, presented publicly, or sold in any shape or form.
No responsibility shall be incurred as a result of any injuries caused by the usage of this product.

 

 

2006 E-Motion