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The Saboteur

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

Large performance issues even on more modern systems.[1]
The game does not start on CPUs with more than 4 physical cores. See below for a workaround.[2]

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.[3]
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

Instructions

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

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video settings

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

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Windowed

Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Motion blur

Instructions

Input settings

The controls menu.
The controls menu.

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Toggles

Instructions

Audio settings

The audio menu.
The audio menu.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Languages can be changed by modifying entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\electronic arts\The Saboteur

Issues fixed

Low performance on modern systems

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Broken map overlay

Fixed in the GOG.com release.[4]
Instructions

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.
Instructions
Instructions

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Instructions

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

Instructions

Controller incorrectly mapped

Instructions

Xbox 360 Controller camera control fix

Instructions

Fixing crash on CPUs with more than 4 cores (GOG version)

Instructions

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, 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
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 		ATI Radeon HD 3800
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS
512 MB of VRAM

References