Fighting online works pretty well with Parsec. Parsec will be integrated into the game in future updates. Both Parsec and Hellish Quart will be further optimized as time goes on. Purchase now to support development.
Just got a new laptop, and am finally able to play this game. I could not run Redguard on a laptop that could happily run Skyrim at medium/high settings. Basically, you need a pretty powerful machine to run this game at a playable state. This is because it is emulated- not only through DosBox, but also with a 3Dfx wrapper. Maybe I don't know what I am talking about, but that sounds like twice the emulation (both operating system and "hardware"). There most likely won't be a release that includes 'software mode'. Having tried to run this game many times in the last decade or so, and having had to do plenty of research each attempt: I remember that if you can get it to run without 3Dfx wrapper (which would run faster), there is a certain part of the game you cannot get past. In other words: You cannot complete the game in software mode. This is why there is no option to run software-mode. I set up a gamepad (controller), and it works well in that regard (*Redguard*) Hope this helps!
