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Revision as of 19:21, 12 February 2019

The Saboteur
The Saboteur cover
Developers
Pandemic Studios
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Odin
Release dates
Windows December 8, 2009
The Saboteur on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SecuROM DRM disc check.[1]
Windows
Amazon.com
Origin
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Origin
Origin
SecuROM PA DRM, limited to five activations per machine.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Overwriting files[2]

Use The Saboteur intro skip

Notes

This causes low fps (30-40fps) issue.[citation needed]

Patches

The latest version is Patch 1.03b.
This patch may slightly improve any performance issues on ATI/AMD cards.

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
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Saboteur™\SaveGames\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Saboteur™\SaveGames\

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.

Video settings

Configuration tool.
Configuration tool.
Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Edit config file[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.ini.
  3. Add Windowed 1 at the end of the file.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit config file[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.ini
  3. Change VSync 1 to Vsync 0 to disable V-sync.

Motion blur

Edit config file[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.ini.
  3. Change PostProcessing 1 to PostProcessing 0.

Input settings

The controls menu.
The controls menu.

Template:Input settings

Toggles

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Edit InputTemplates.txt.
  3. At the end of the DEFAULT section, change the following settings to YES/NO.
    • SPRINT_TOGGLE
    • SNEAK_TOGGLE
    • AIM_TOGGLE
    • MELEE_STATE_TOGGLE
    • MELEE_GRAB_TOGGLE

Audio settings

The audio menu.
The audio menu.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Fan translation, download.
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

download this fix
  1. Extract to game directory

Low performance on modern systems

Disable shadows[2]
  1. Open <path-to-game>\VideoSetup.exe.
  2. Disable the game's shadows in the options menu.
Disable Vertical sync (Vsync) for more consistent frame pacing[citation needed]
Set compatibility to Windows XP[citation needed]
  1. Right-click on the launcher (or desktop icon).
  2. Set the compatibility to Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows XP (Service Pack 3).

Notes

On Windows setting the game's priority through the task manager to Real Time might help.[citation needed]
Running the game with less cores will only end up with the game running even more poorly.

Broken map overlay

Fixed in the GOG.com release.[3] (May not work for other resolutions than 16:9). The fix is now finally working in Wine on Linux (tested with 1920x1200).
Install older drivers[citation needed]

Install older drivers versions for Windows Vista and 7 (64-bit), Windows Vista and 7 (32-bit) or Windows XP.

Notes

No need to uninstall current drivers, they can be simply overridden.
Setting the game's resolution to any values starting with 1280x should also work.[citation needed]
Limited fix only up to the GTX 400 series.

Game only runs at 640x480 resolution

The resolution will not be taken into account if the refresh rate is set higher than 60 Hz in the launcher.
Change refresh rate[citation needed]

For running the game at higher than 60 Hz properly, see Run the game at screen refresh rate.

Set windowed mode[citation needed]

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]
  1. Open VideoSetup.exe in the installation folder.
  2. Set refresh rate to 60 Hz or less.
  3. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
  4. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  5. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Saboteur.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
  6. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

"The Saboteur is unable to continue due to an error initializing your graphics hardware."

Set windowed mode[citation needed]

See Windowed.

Controller incorrectly mapped

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Download The Saboteur - Controller Remapping Fix.
  2. Copy the file to the installation folder and overwrite.

Notes

Alternatively, go to the installation folder, open InputTemplates.txt and remove alternative pad then save.

Xbox 360 Controller camera control fix

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open InputTemplates.txt.
  3. Look for a section called OTHER GAMEPAD.
  4. Change SOLDIER_TURN_LEFT from JOYSTICK_STICK2_LEFT to INPUT_NONE.
  5. Change SOLDIER_TURN_RIGHT from JOYSTICK_STICK2_RIGHT to INPUT_NONE.
  6. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  7. Repeat this process for InputTemplates.txt.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 1.86 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 2600
Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

References

  1. Reclaim Your Game - RYG's SecuROM 7+ DRM List
  2. 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
  3. Map bug fixed?