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Revision as of 15:00, 19 August 2022
Not to be confused with Saboteur!.
Developers | |
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Pandemic Studios | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Odin | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 8, 2009 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
IGDB | 78 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Open world |
Vehicles | Automobile, Tank, Truck, Motorcycle |
Art styles | Realistic, Stylized |
Themes | Europe, World War II |
The Saboteur is a third-person action-adventure game taking place in the setting of World War II's Paris, France, as it is occupied by the Nazis. The actual events and situations have been altered in the name of game play and the ability to tell a single, if wide-ranging, story within this volatile setting.
The gameplay itself is a mix of third-person melee and ranged combat and various driving tasks, as presented in the Grand Theft Auto series beginning in its 3D era; and climbing, parkour and assassinations as in the Assassin's Creed series. As the title implies, sabotage of the Nazis' various materiel also takes place, usually of the explosive variety.
This was to be the last title of the developer Pandemic Studios - the publisher EA, as they have done with other studios over the years, closed Pandemic after the title was released.
This game's released state was quite buggy, with issues preventing proper display and game play, including crashes relating to CPU core affinity as well as improper map display at high resolutions (above 720p). GOG has released a version which addresses these and other issues.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM DRM disc check.[1] | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Origin | Included with EA Play. SecuROM PA DRM, limited to five activations per machine. |
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Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
(unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Origin to GOG patch
- This patch updates Origin version of The Saboteur to GOG version. Patch only affects game's main executable. Download it here.
- With this patch you'll get all the GOG fixes for your Origin release of The Saboteur: fixes for multi-core and map issues, plus enabled LAA.
Skip intro videos
Overwriting files[2] |
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Retail patches
- The latest version for retail release is Patch 1.03b.
- This patch may slightly improve any performance issues on ATI/AMD cards. GOG and Origin versions are already patched.
Large Address Aware
- Allows the game to use more than 2 GB of RAM (already enabled in the GOG.com version, you do not have to patch it).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Saboteur™\SaveGames\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Saboteur™\SaveGames\ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Nvidia users can enable MSAA and SGSSAA by following this guide. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Double Buffered V-sync enabled by default. See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Windowed
Edit config file[2] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Edit config file[2] |
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Motion blur
Edit config file[2] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Both XInput and DirectInput. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Edit InputTemplates.txt in the installation folder and in the configuration file(s) location. |
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Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Use DS4Windows to emulate Xbox 360 Controller | |
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PlayStation button prompts | For DualShock, use the DualShock 4 Button Prompts for The Saboteur. | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Toggles
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, effects and voices. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation: download (GGames) | |||
Russian | Fan translation, ZoG. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Indonesian | Fan translation by IGTC Team, download. | |||
Turkish | Fan translation by [1]. |
- Languages can be changed by modifying entries under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\electronic arts\The Saboteur
Issues fixed
Game doesn't start on a windows 10/4+ core system
- Fixed in the GOG.com release.
There is no dedicated fix - just use GOG version |
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If you don't own GOG version of the game, use Origin to GOG patch. Fallback version of the patch may theoretically be used with retail version. Notes
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Accessing the Stats screen and exiting the game crashes to desktop/freezes the game
Change resolution to 1920x1080[3][4] |
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Low performance on modern systems
Disable shadows[2] |
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Disable Vertical sync (Vsync) for more consistent frame pacing[citation needed] |
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Set compatibility to Windows XP[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Broken map overlay
- Fixed in the GOG.com release.
Install older drivers for Nvidia GPU's[citation needed] |
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Install older drivers versions for Windows Vista and 7 (64-bit), Windows Vista and 7 (32-bit) or Windows XP. Notes
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Set lower resolution |
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Set the game's resolution to 720p or lower. |
Game only runs at 640x480 resolution
- If the refresh rate is set higher than 60 Hz, the resolution will always default back to the lowest settings
Change refresh rate[citation needed] |
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For running the game at higher than 60 Hz properly, see Run the game at screen refresh rate. |
Set windowed mode[citation needed] |
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See Windowed. |
Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed] |
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"The Saboteur is unable to continue due to an error initializing your graphics hardware."
Set windowed mode[citation needed] |
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See Windowed. |
Game freezes when opening certain messages from other characters
Set windowed mode. Alternatively, try changing Vsync and refresh rate. |
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See Windowed. Notes
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Controller incorrectly mapped
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Xbox 360 Controller camera control fix
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 1.86 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6850 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom X4 9500 |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX ATI Radeon HD 2600 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon HD 3800 512 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
References
- ↑ Reclaim Your Game - RYG's SecuROM 7+ DRM List
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Verified by User:Suicide machine on August 13, 2016
- With a help of Radeon PRO on-screen display
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/the_saboteur/crash_upon_selecting_stats_page
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/the_saboteur/game_sometime_crashes_upon_exit