One should also probably keep in mind that a lot of bugs only occur in certain builds of the game. In today's market, where even console games can be patched,.
I thought I'd post some solutions to the common PC problems with running The Saboteur. People ask around a lot and the EA support never answered me, so I thought I'd compile some information in one thread instead of having people post their own threads for each problem. 
The Saboteur won't run on a computer using an ATI graphics card Solution: Patch the game at the following link: 2. The Saboteur won't run on a computer with a quad-core processor. Symptoms: The first cutscene lags and flickers like hell. Solution: Turn of processor core 3 and 4 while running the game. Start the game 2. When at the main menu, hit ctrl-alt-del, click the activity handler(? I only know what it's in Swedish, something like that though) make sure that you have your desktop in the background, not the game.
Click processes 4. Right-click TheSaboteur.exe and select the option that has to do with processors(Yet again, dunno what it's on computers from other countries) 5.
Uncheck processor 2 and 3. Click ok and quit activity handler(manager?) 7. Alt tab back into the game. This has to be repeated every time you start the game afaik. It might've been fixed in the patch, I can't really confirm. The Saboteur fucks up entirely when I try to play with my Xbox 360 gamepad.
It says it's compatible on the box! Symptoms: The camera spins around while shooting/driving with the 360 gamepad. Solution: Before starting the game, unplug your 360 controller.
When you're inside the game(At a point where you can control Sean, not the main menu) Plug it back in. Post any other problems and solutions below ^^.
ATI video card owners unable to play Pandemic's WW2 shooter The Saboteur might find their Christmas wishes answered by a new beta patch, available now from. The beta patch is intended to fix freezing issues for players with ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, and 5000 series video cards on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Vista. What remains of Pandemic following EA's, relocation and 'consolidation' warns that quad-core CPU users might suffer 'significant streaming issues' without the following stopgap measure, promising it 'is working on a fix for it in the next patch.' Users with Quad core CPU's will possibly have significant streaming issues without the following work around. The team is aware of this issue and is working on a fix for it in the next patch update. If you are running a Quad Core CPU please follow the steps below to set Game Only affinity on your CPU. While this will decrease the amount of streaming glitches, it is not a full proof fix.
Recommended Game-only steps for Quad core users only Windows 7 and Vista • Boot the game. • Wait for the main menu to load, then press Ctrl-Alt-Delete. • Select Start Task Manager. • If the game is visible, press Alt-Tab, otherwise continue to the next step. • Inside the Task Manager, go to the Processes tab. • Find Saboteur.exe, right-click it, and select Set Affinity.