The Saboteur

The Saboteur

Developers
	Pandemic Studios
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Odin
Release dates
Windows	December 8, 2009

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check.
Amazon.com
GOG.com
EA app		SecuROM PA DRM, limited to five activations per machine.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Overwriting files
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
EA app
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.

Video settings

Configuration tool.

Video settings.

Windowed

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

Vertical sync (Vsync)

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

Motion blur

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

Input settings

The controls menu.

Toggles

Instructions[citation needed]
Go to the installation folder. Edit InputTemplates.txt. 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.

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 Extract to game directory

Low performance on modern systems

Disable shadows
Open <path-to-game>\VideoSetup.exe. 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]
Right-click on the launcher (or desktop icon). 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. (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]

Open VideoSetup.exe in the installation folder. Set refresh rate to 60 Hz or less. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Saboteur.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used. 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]
Download The Saboteur - Controller Remapping Fix. 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]
Go to the installation folder. Open InputTemplates.txt. Look for a section called OTHER GAMEPAD. Change SOLDIER_TURN_LEFT from JOYSTICK_STICK2_LEFT to INPUT_NONE. Change SOLDIER_TURN_RIGHT from JOYSTICK_STICK2_RIGHT to INPUT_NONE. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Repeat this process for InputTemplates.txt.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP		Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 1.86 GHz		AMD Phenom 9500 Quad Core Intel Core 2 Quad Q6850 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB		3 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		ATI Radeon HD 3800 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB of VRAM