Overview
so you can play sonic mania online with a friend or a strangeryour friend doesn’t even need to have the gameyou and your friend will need the Parsec application https://parsecgaming.com/and if you have no friends (welcome to the club pal)you can ask people to join you on the parsec gaming discordhttps://discordapp.com/invite/3TS2emF
What you need
you and your friend needs the parsec gaming application [link]
the person who haves sonic mania needs at least a intel HD 4600 and windows 8.1 or windows 10 to host
here is a legally free version of windows 10 from the microsoft website
if you have no friends you can get them on the parsec discord [link]
for your friend to play with you at 1080P 60 FPS he or she needs at 15MBPS of download speed
after installing parsec (host aka player 1)
you will need to login to with your parsec account
then ask your friend what thier parsec name is then send them a friend request
then press the enable host button host
you will know its your computer if you see a purple circle
you can invite your friends with a link if you click on the plus button for the computer you are hosting
then copy and give the link and they will join you
after installing parsec (client aka player 2)
login
then ask your friend thier parsec name then send your friend a friend request
then request to join your friend
important things to know
you can go onto settings change video quality and more to make the expirence less laggy
or to change the resolution to your screens resolution
you can set approved apps
if you don’t want people to see your access your other apps or files
you can choose which games and apps your friends are allowed to see
(also you need to open up the apps you want to approve first)
you can set what your friends are allowed to control on your computer
(also if you turn off thier access to the mouse they cannot open any apps from your taskbar)
If you have a problem/ want to know more
well the parsec team have youtube videos,support website and a discord that can help you
if you have any problems or want to know anything
Official Parsec channel:
Parsec support website: [link]
Parsec Discord (for the third time XD): [link]
thanks for reading
this was the first guide I made
and im not a profesional or work at or with parsec
im just recommending a great application that I think deserves more love
if there is any mistakes or anyway I could improve this guide please tell me
also special thanks to the Parsec team that gave me thier Approval to make this Guide
(I don’t know if its required but steam said something about ownership and rights and I don’t want to be banned)
