[KISS][FAQ] 0.32a
ITO Takayuki
KISS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
version 0.32a Mar. 17, 1994
compiled by ITO Takayuki <yu...@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
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Disclaimer
(now compiling)
Acknowledgements
(now compiling)
Special thanks to
MIO.H (the original developper of Kiss)
Hitoshi Doi <d...@jrd.dec.com>
Geir Friestad <gei...@hsr.no>
and all the people who participate in Kiss.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WHAT IS KISS? WHAT IS "KISEKAE"?
WHAT FILES DO I NEED? HOW CAN I GET KISS DATA? (*)
WHAT KINDS OF KISS DATA ARE AVAILABLE?
HOW CAN I DEAL WITH THOSE .LZH FILES?
HOW CAN I PLAY?
WHY DO I HAVE TROUBLE TO PLAY WITH SOME DATA?
WHAT IS THE VERSION 2.18/2.24C ETC?
WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF KISS DATA FILES LIKE? /
HOW CAN I MODIFY EXISTING DATA OR MAKE MY OWN DATA? (*)
CAN I DISTRIBUTE KISS PROGRAM/DATA?
IS THERE ANY USERS' GROUP ABOUT KISS? (*)
(*) updated from the previous version
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WHAT IS KISS? WHAT IS "KISEKAE"?
Kisekae is Japanese for "changing clothes". It's a popular play for
little girls. They are given "kisekae ningyou (dolls for changing
clothes)" and play changing clothes of the dolls. And, girls' manga
magazines sometimes provide paper dolls and clothes for kisekae.
Kiss (KISekae Set system) simulates kisekae with paper dolls on your
computer. The Kiss system consists of a Kiss program and Kiss data. A
Kiss data is the set of pictures. The Kiss program displays the
character with several clothes (dress, shirt, socks, shoes, hat etc)
and allows you to changing the clothes by manipulating them.
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WHAT FILES DO I NEED? HOW CAN I GET KISS DATA?
To play with Kiss you need a Kiss program and Kiss data. Kiss
programs are so far available for the following platforms:
file name machine operating system
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KISS224C.LZH NEC PC-9801 MS-DOS on PC-9801
KISS68C.LZH Sharp X68000 Human68k, SX-Window
KISS68D.LZH
KSTW232F.LZH Fujitsu FM-TOWNS TownsOS, DOS-Extender
KSTW234A.LZH
KISSV224.LZH IBM PC/AT comaptibles DOS/V (DOS J5.0/V or later)
KISW020F.LZH any 80x86-based PC Microsoft Windows 3.1
mackis02.lzh Macintosh System 7
xkiss103.tar.gz any workstation X window system
Choose an appropriate one for your computer.
Any other files except above are probably Kiss data files. They
often contain such a string like "KISS" or "KS" in their file name.
Kiss programs and data are uploaded in the following place:
venice.mps.ohio-state.edu(128.146.37.77):
/anime-manga/software/KISS/kissprog
/anime-manga/software/KISS/kissdata
If you can't find there, try also:
/anime-manga/new
KISSV224 is made for DOS/V and does not work on plain PC-DOS
(MS-DOS). You need a TSR named "japanit" to have it work on your IBM
compatible unless you have DOS/V.
japanit is now put in the following place:
/anime-manga/software/misc/j-dos_in.*
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WHAT KINDS OF KISS DATA ARE AVAILABLE?
Most Kiss data are taken from female characters in anime/manga. If I
give you any examples you may be familiar with, there are Sailor
senshi, Hime-chan, Ranma-chan, Skuld and so on.
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HOW CAN I DEAL WITH THOSE .LZH FILES?
.LZH files are archived with LHA, the most popular archiver in
Japan. Now the LHA archiver is available for many platforms such as
MS-DOS, UNIX, Macintosh and Amiga. Get the LHA archiver for your
computer and extract the .LZH files.
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HOW CAN I PLAY?
(now compiling)
When you run the Kiss program, it usually displays the main screen
(where the character and clothes are), two rows of buttons numbered
from 1 to 10, a Save button and a Quit button. The first row chooses a
pattern of clothes out of ten. The second row chooses a palette group.
You can change the clothes by dragging them with the mouse.
The Save button saves the current arrangement of clothes in the
configuration file. The Quit button finishes the program.
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WHY DO I HAVE TROUBLE TO PLAY WITH SOME DATA?
WHAT IS THE VERSION 2.18/2.24C ETC?
Since Kiss is originally developped for PC-9801, Kiss for PC-9801 is
a reference of other Kiss programs and all Kiss data. Kiss for PC-9801
ver.2.18 and 2.24c have the following limitations respectively:
item KISS ver 2.24c KISS ver 2.18
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Kisekae area 640x400 448x320
Max# of objects 128 48
Max# of cels 128 48
As you realize the table above, Kiss data designed for ver.2.24c may
exceed the limitations of ver.2.18. Such data do not work correctly
on ver.2.18.
As to Kiss programs for other platforms, most of them conforms
to the specification of Kiss for PC-9801 ver.2.24c. However, the
current version of Kiss for Microsoft Windows still conforms to
ver.2.18.
Therefore, when you try to play with any Kiss data designed for
2.24c (or equivalents) in MS Windows, you may be warned many times
only to fail.
Another problem: Some of large Kiss data require much memory. On
MS-DOS they may consume not only conventional memory but expanded
(EMS) memory. You have to provide sufficient expanded memory to play
with such data.
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WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF KISS DATA FILES LIKE?
HOW CAN I MODIFY EXISTING DATA OR MAKE MY OWN DATA?
The document about data file format is included in the archive file
of Kiss for PC-9801. The English translation of the document
is available in the rec.arts.anime[.info] newsgroup and the venice ftp
site. See the document for details about the file format.
You may need assistance tools to facilitate making Kiss data. There
are some released for Japanese PCs such as PC-9801 and FM-TOWNS, but
few for MS-DOS, Macintosh or X window system. There is a PCX to CEL
converter for MS-DOS.
venice:/anime-manga/software/misc/p2c1-1a.lzh
As described in the document the file format is so simple that I hope
anyone would make such tools for these platforms.
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CAN I DISTRIBUTE KISS PROGRAM/DATA?
Distributive conditions are usually stated in the document of the
program/data. In general, Kiss programs have no conditions/restrictions
about distribution, but Kiss data may have some conditions. Unless you
can read the document and follow the conditions,
YOU MUST NOT DISTRIBUTE ANY KISS DATA
on BBSs or anywhere. When you distribute any Kiss data you should
not modify the contents of the archive file, except the archive format
(e.g. re-archive the files with PKZIP instead of LHA, etc).
The file "kissdata.lst.ver.x.x" on venice shortly describes
distributive condition of each Kiss data.
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IS THERE ANY USERS' GROUP ABOUT KISS?
Mr. Hitoshi Doi <d...@jrd.dec.com> kindly created the Kiss Mailing
List on the Internet. To subscribe it you can send mail to any of the
following addresses:
d...@usagi.jrd.dec.com
hime...@usagi.jrd.dec.com
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Send any questions, comments or suggestions to
yu...@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
or KHD0...@niftyserve.or.jp
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ITO Takayuki <yu...@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Graduate student, Department of Information Science,
Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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