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Answers to Common Questions

I have tried to compile some of the more frequently asked questions here to help you out. If you can't find the answer to your question here, you can still send me e-mail to ask me about it and I'll try to help you out. If your question has to do the specifics of using the Amiga, Macintosh, or Acorn versions of KiSS, you'd probably be better off asking the authors of those programs since I only own a PC 486 computer.

The dolls are all LZH files. What plug-in do I need? What do I do with an LZH file?
I downloaded a doll but it got saved with an EXE extension on the end and Windows says it's not a valid program. What do I do?
When I try to download any doll, I just get a lot of random gibberish displayed instead of starting a download. How can I download a doll?
Why is that when I tried to load a certain KiSS doll, it said that some of the parts were missing?
What is an expansion set? How do I use an expansion set in WKiSS?
I thought that this underwear was permanent but it came off of the doll after I pulled on it a lot! What happened?
What is FKiSS? What's the difference between KiSS and French KiSS?
What is FKiSS 2?
Why are adult KiSS dolls excluded from the Top 20 and Popularity lists?
What do you have against adult KiSS dolls anyway?
How do I make my own KiSS dolls?
I made my own brand-new KiSS doll. How do I get it onto the Big KiSS Page?
Okay, I read all of this stuff and none of it answered my question. What now?

Answers

The dolls are all LZH files. What plug-in do I need? What do I do with an LZH file?

Since each KiSS Doll is made up of many seperate files, KiSS dolls are distributed in LZH-compressed archives (sometimes known as LHA). These are similar to other archival formats such as ZIP, ZOO, or ARC.

There are a few programs in the Tools section that allow DOS/Windows users to work with LZH files but, if you just want to play with the dolls, you won't need them.

To use the LZH-compressed KiSS dolls, make sure you have already downloaded and installed an appropriate KiSS viewing program for your computer.

Next, select a doll to download and click on the Download icon. You don't need a browser plug-in; just select Save to Disk and save the LZH file in the directory or folder that you have set aside for your KiSS dolls.

All of the KiSS viewing programs can handle LZH-compressed KiSS dolls so, once you have downloaded a doll, simply start running your KiSS viewing program and load your doll from within the viewer.


I downloaded a doll but it got saved with an EXE extension on the end and Windows says it's not a valid program. What do I do?

Your web browser is misconfigured. You should contact technical support for your net service provider or for your browser and ask them how to help you configure it correctly.

You also may simply be facing problems with a buggy browser. See if there is an upgrade available for your browser.

In the meantime, you can just rename the file to have the extension LZH (i.e. if the doll was named JUDY.EXE, change it to JUDY.LZH) and any KiSS viewer should be able to handle it fine.


When I try to download any doll, I just get a lot of random gibberish displayed instead of starting a download. How can I download a doll?

The most likely problem is that you are using a really bad web browser. If you're an America Online subscriber, you're probably using that older browser that can't handle MIME-types. Either get an update to the newest version of your web browser or try a different browser altogether. You'll find that my site is not the only one that will be difficult with a bad browser.

Please note that simply trying to save the screen gibberish as a file won't work because the error that causes that screwed up display also corrupts the doll data.


Why is that when I tried to load a certain KiSS doll, it said that some of the parts were missing?

The most likely reason is that you are trying to view an expansion set without using the base doll.

If you are certain that this is not the case, you may simply have gotten a bad download. Try downloading your doll again.


What is an expansion set? How do I use an expansion set in WKiSS?

In some cases, when a KiSS artist decides to update a doll she had released earlier, she will simply make an expansion set instead of releasing a new version of the complete doll.

The expansion set contains any changes or additions the artist has made to her earlier doll. Since the expansion set only contains the changes to the doll but not the doll itself, you must have the original doll to use an expansion set. Think of it as getting an upgrade.

Using expansion sets in WKiSS is something of an undocumented feature. First, load the original base doll. Then, load the expansion set but, when you select the OKAY button for the expansion set, hold down the SHIFT key. Holding the SHIFT key tells WKiSS that you want it to remember all the KiSS doll information that is currently in memory and use it in combination with information from the expansion set.


I thought that this underwear was permanent but it came off of the doll after I pulled on it a lot! What happened?

Each object in KiSS can have a different level of `stickiness'. Some objects can never be moved (like the doll itself). Most objects can always be moved (like shirts and shoes). But some objects will seem to be stuck at first but come off after several tries. This usually only applies to things like underwear where you normally won't want to remove them. This middle stickiness level helps you keep from accidentally removing the underwear or other objects that you usually want to stay in place.

This is why it's a good idea for parents to try out a KiSS doll before letting their kids play with it. Again, let me say that I don't think it's bad for kids to see a naked body since making them think naked bodies are bad can make them feel ashamed of themselves for no good reason. But, then again, I'm not a parent and I might feel differently about that someday. Anyway, if you want to censor your children from cartoony, unrealistic naked bodies, be sure to click on the underwear a few times to see if it moves.

If you absolutely want to avoid KiSS dolls which contain even the most innocent nudity, look for dolls which have the All Ages rating in the listings here on the Big KiSS Page. All Ages dolls have been carefully checked to guarantee absolutely no cartoon nudity, to satisfy even the most Victorian prudishness.


What is FKiSS? What's the difference between KiSS and French KiSS?

FKiSS is an acronym for French KiSS but has nothing to do with tongues or the French.

FKiSS is an extension to normal KiSS format. Standard KiSS has lots of colors and multi-layered clothing but FKiSS allows flashy stuff like sound and animation. KiSS dolls which have FKiSS extensions carry the FKiSS rating on the Big KiSS Page.

FKiSS is experimental, developed by Yav-san.


What is FKiSS 2?

FKiSS 2 is a new, even-more-experimental-than-before extension to standard, experimental FKiSS. FKiSS adds variable translucency, if-statements, and new types of movements. For more details about FKiSS 2, see Chad Randall's FKiSS and FKiSS 2 Documents.


Why are adult KiSS dolls excluded from the Top 20 and Popularity lists? Are you saying adult dolls aren't good enough for you?

Not at all. It's just that, if I include adult dolls in the Top 20, they fill up the whole list. Just assume that, if a doll has an adult rating, it is automatically going to be as popular as any doll in the Top 20.


What do you have against adult KiSS dolls anyway?

I don't have anything against adult KiSS dolls. If someone has an adult KiSS doll (of their own creation) that they want to see added the BKP, I'll be happy to add it. I do, however, draw the line at rape and snuff dolls. Even I have some standards.


How do I make my own KiSS dolls?

That's a complicated question. It's actually pretty easy to make KiSS dolls but it can still take a lot of time and effort to make a really good KiSS doll.

You can find lots of utilities to help you make KiSS dolls in the Tools section of the Big KiSS Page. You can also download a handy walk-through that I wrote to take you step-by-step through the basics of making your own KiSS doll. There's also some specs on the FKiSS extensions for animation and sound but I highly recommend just trying to make a normal KiSS doll before messing around with FKiSS stuff.

By the way, don't worry about being a super artist or not. Not everyone is a Rumiko Takahashi. Making KiSS dolls is about making art for fun, not for a grade. As long as you had fun making it, others will have fun playing with it and that's what really matters. Plus, my walk-through suggests a few ways to cheat at making the drawings.


I made my own brand-new KiSS doll. How do I get it onto the Big KiSS Page?

The easiest way is for you to simply e-mail it to me. when sending me your new KiSS doll by e-mail, I seem to have the best results when receiving it as a MIME-encoded binary attachment.

Once I've received the new KiSS doll, I'll make the little preview image and get it installed on the Big KiSS Page as soon as possible.

To help make certain that I enter the correct listing for your doll, be sure to tell me the name of your doll and, if it is from an anime, manga, or some other source, what the name of that source is. If you don't I might not recognize it. I like a lot of anime and manga but I haven't seen everything.

Also, be sure to tell me what name you would like to be listed as on the Big KiSS Page and, if you have a web page of your own, tell me that too and I'll add a link for it.


Okay, I read all of this stuff and none of it answered my question. What now?

I can't anticipate every question so, if I haven't answered your question here, you can always contact me by e-mail.

If you are sending e-mail from your browser, please make certain that you have correctly set your return address or I won't know how to contact you with an answer.

I can be reached at dsherman@otakuworld.com. Please be sure to include what kind of computer you are using, which KiSS viewer you are using, and, if it's a problem with a specific doll, which doll. Try to give a detailed description of your problem since Help! It's not working right! What do I do? won't really help me to determine what might be going wrong.


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