* Parsec Homepage : parsec.app/
Login -> Sign Up to make ID and User Number.
Parsec is Screen & Input sharing program. Guest PCs connected to Host PC.
If using Windows OS, host PC only available for Windows 10 or higher.
For guest PCs, Windows 7 is better (since hotkey programs are available).
This program can be use Can also be used as a remote control program.
* Advantages : When network play, only host PC need game program. Guest PCs only connecting & Input & enjoy.
▲ After run Parsec, You can see many rooms in 'Arcade' tab. You only need to join & enjoy.
Of course, you need to get host's permission
* Disadvantages : Host PC cannot see chat dialog. So need separate chat program. (SNS, Discord etc)
■■ Add friends
You can search your friend's ID and Number. Send friend request.
■■ Hosting(Sharing) and Setting
▣ Even if you don't click 'Share' button, Your friends can see your PC for connectable(Need your permisson).
If you click 'Share' Button, Maybe your PC is released in Arcade tab.
▲Windows10 or higher only can be host PC.
▣ Setting on Host PC : Reflected in real time
: Gear icon -> Host Tab
1. The display options didn't make any difference : Look forward to the update
▲ If guest PC's resolution is lower than Host PC, The text seems to be shrinking in guest PC.
2. Select the monitor (specific program) to show
▣ There is an option that show your screen to guest PC only when specipic programs activated.
Gear icon -> Approved Apps -> Select programs
Then, to the connected PC (guest = friend), it looks like the following.
▼ When the programs checked in the host PC are active
▼ When the programs checked in the host PC are inactive
3. Set the input permission of the connected PC.
▲ In the People Icon tab, you can set the friend's authority (default when connecting).
Check mouse privileges if necessary. (ex: for remote control)
Of course, the host PC has priority as the mouse authority, so you can get it at any time when the host PC moves.
▲ Of course, even after a friend is connected, you can set it with the icon below.
4. Access permission
: When the guest PC connects, you can give permission.
■■■ Setting for Network play after guest PC is connected
: Maybe Most joypad users use a program called JoytoKey, which replaces pad/stick input with keyboard input. It's convenient to set up a burst,
Depending on whether you use the JoytoKey program or not, you need to set the permission differently.
■ Wnen JoytoKey is not used = When using pure joypad/stick
=> First, the joypad/stick of the guest PC must be recognized by the host PC.
Since Parsec shares the keyboard, the control keys should not overlap.
Therefore, it is recommended to use only one person or less of the keyboard, and a joypad/stick for the rest.
- When a specific program (Approved App) is turned on in the host PC setting : Only when the corresponding program is activated on the host PC.
- When a specific program (Approved App) is turned off in the host PC setting : Whenever
▶ On the guest PC, press any button on the joypad/stick.
▼ To put it simply, this sentence should not be visible on the guest PC.
▼ When in this state on the guest PC, press any button on the joypad/stick.
▼ Then, the joypad/stick of the guest PC is recognized by the host PC.
■ When using JoytoKey - uncheck the Joypad permission
: Only available when the guest PC is Windows 7. If it's Windows 10, why not.
1. When using JoytoKey on the guest PC, host PC must release the permission of the pad and allow only the keyboard.
If both are allowed, the joypad/stick input will be received first, so the guest PC's JoytoKey will not work.
▲ Turn off the pad permission and leave the keyboard.
To receive only keyboard input from the guest PC
2. Set the guest PC's JoytoKey except for the arrow keys.
Somehow the arrow keys didn't work.
▲ Since JoytoKey of guest PC does not work the arrow keys, set it to another key.
● Just play the game
If you have recognized the joypad/stick of the guest PC, you can set the keys in the emulator/game, so you can play it after setting.
Of course, when using JoytoKey, you need to set the corresponding keyboard key.
Depending on the network conditions, there may be a key delay.
● Note: Chat is not allowed.
There is a chat shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+C by default) in the menu, but it is visible only on the guest PC, and it is not visible at all on the host PC.
▲ For now, it is only visible on guest PCs, so chatting is virtually impossible.