Bad Dream: Coma

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Bad Dream
Bad Dream: Coma	2017
Bad Dream: Fever	2018

Key points

The game is hardlocked to 30 FPS with no way off increasing/removing the lock.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Modify the config.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open config.ini
Change logo = 1.00000 to logo = 0.00000
Save the file and set it to Read-only.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Bad_dream_Coma\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.desertfox.baddreamcoma/
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/538070/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Bad_dream_Coma\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.desertfox.baddreamcoma/
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/538070/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Does not sync between Windows and OS X versions.

Video settings[edit]

In-game general settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Anamorphic (STRETCHED option) or no scaling (CENTER option) 1280x720 (16:9).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed 16:9.
4K Ultra HD		Scaled from 1280x720.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		The only windowed resolutions are 1280x720 and 1024x576.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		not needed.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Hardlocked to 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		General, Music, SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL		OS X only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.9
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/538070/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (538070) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/538070/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (538070) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

Developers

	Desert Fox
Publishers
	PlayWay
Engines
	GameMaker
Release dates
Windows	March 9, 2017
macOS (OS X)	March 9, 2017