The saboteur not working

[Frizzly]

Hello guys, I just recently bought the Saboteur for Pc from Origin but every time I try to start it the launcher opens fine and when I press play the game just doesn't open without giving any errors or anything. I took a look at the task manager and Saboteur.exe opens for a split second and closes any ideas on how I can fix this?

 

[Chalky Emultion]

try running it with administrator privileges..

 

[Frizzly]

I already tried that not working. still Thanks for the reply

 

[Element7]

What are your system specs?

 

[Frizzly]

Intel Core i7 3960x
2x 680
16gb ram

 

[Element7]

Are your graphics drivers up to date?

Have you looked in Event Viewer to see if there was an error? You can get to Event Viewer by clicking your start orb, then typing "Event Viewer" in the search box.

 

[Frizzly]

nope no Errors related to saboteur closing for no reason
And yes my drivers are updated

 

[Frizzly]

This guy The Saboteur will not start - Tech Support Guy Forums has my same exact problem

 

[Element7]

Have you used "Run as Administrator" when you installed and opened the launcher?

There is a patch out that fixes some errors in the game that you can try.

Download The Saboteur Patch 1.03 Beta - This is the latest patch for the game Saboteur - Softpedia

 

[Frizzly]

I ran the Launcher with Run as Admin but did not install it with Run as Admin since it's from origin.
I will try that patch out. [Edit the patch did not work but it was worth a try]

 

[Frizzly]

The thing that I cannot understand is, Why does the launcher work but the game itself doesn't

 

[Spidey1976]

I'm not at home now to check, but my rig runs it just fine. Perhaps you can navigate to the install folder and set the privledges for the actual game by using the properties on the Sabateur exe file. I also load my game using the icon in the games folder (using the link in the start menu for games) without having origin running.

 

[Frizzly]

I'm not at home now to check, but my rig runs it just fine. Perhaps you can navigate to the install folder and set the privledges for the actual game by using the properties on the Sabateur exe file. I also load my game using the icon in the games folder (using the link in the start menu for games) without having origin running.

nope not working I had already tried it

 

[Spidey1976]

Update: some time in May this has now happened to my version of the Saboteur I have tried uninstalling the game (using Revo Uninstaller) to clear everything out and re-downloading. I get the same as the OP... The start-up screen immediately opens and I can set game options, but cannot play the game. Tried running the exe as admin, tried compatibility with XP and Vista and nothing. I am suspecting some sort of problem in a hidden cache that EA or the Origin client has installed, but I'm too afraid to mess around with their files.

 

[Litho]

fix - worked for me

Hey - I know this is really old now but I've just gone back to play it again and encountered this error. For it to launch for me I had to open origin, then rather than launch the game in origin go to where the game is downloaded to and launch the game .exe as admin (not the game launcher). This seemed to get around the error I had

 

[Chalky Emultion]

Please open a new thread...

 

[smarteyeball]

No need for a new thread, it was quite relevant to the original issue.

Thanks Litho

 

[Spidey1976]

Solved!!!!

Solved for me at least... The Saboteur does NOT like any more than 4 cores on a cpu. Since I have a hex-core i7-3930K, I had to go into the bios settings and limit the CPU to 4 cores. I tested with just 4 cores and 4 cores in hyperthreading (4C/8T) and it WORKED just fine. Sadly, I will have to change the bios cpu core setting limit to 4 every time I want to play this game and then set it back to 6 cores for faster authoring of HD video and Blu-ray .

I do not have an hex or octo core AMD CPU to test this with.

Summary: Limit CPU to 4 cores with or without HT = Saboteur works.