The Saboteur™

The Saboteur™

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Guide to smoking in The Saboteur
By Tasnek
I know, smoking has long since become uncool - but this was the 40s! Anybody who was anybody smoked! (Note: I do not encourage any form of smoking outside of this game.) That said, the game has some cool mechanics when it comes to smoking.
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The basics
So first of all, in order to pull out a cigarette and light it up, you must be standing still, and tap the run button (default: Shift). I find that this works most of the time when outside in the world, but if inside a building it usually doesn't work.

Sean will also light up a cigarette automatically if left idle for long enough.
Advanced techniques
Now you might be saying "big deal, so I can light up a cig..."

What if I told you that you could have that ciggy in your mouth while you're doing all number of things?

Here are the tricks to keeping that cig in Sean's mouth. ANY time that Sean is holding the cigarette, he will flick it away if you move. However, if you wait until he puts the cigarette to his mouth, then you can move all over the place, and he'll keep that cig between his lips.

Driving cars, climbing buildings, firing weapons, he'll do it all while maintaining that cig. If he gets punched, that deathstick goes bye-bye.

There are various other random occurrences where you will lose the cigarette, but for the most part, you can do pretty much anything with that cig in Sean's mouth.


So...that's it. If anybody has any other interesting mechanics/details that you think ought to be added to this, let me know.
11 Comments
EEJAY 29 Apr @ 9:52pm 
sometimes Sean will take a swig of whiskey too, or tie his shoe or dust off his jacket. the whiskey is not as common though.
Drewb 25 Apr @ 7:31am 
people will do anything for immersion
Tasnek  [author] 29 Oct, 2024 @ 10:13am 
I condone smoking all the way, though I (personally) don't encourage it. Nor would I judge anyone who chose to indulge it. I agree, live your life.
Zenix Saxzon 29 Oct, 2024 @ 9:51am 
I DO condone smoking outside of the game. Live your life. Something is going to kill you anyway. Don't let it be from never having lived it.
MK Ultra Instinct Goku 21 Sep, 2024 @ 10:47am 
Smoking may be uncool, but it LOOKS cool. Thank you sensei
PiERRE 21 Apr, 2024 @ 11:35am 
Banger
Puggles2g 28 Mar, 2024 @ 3:47am 
I smoke and you don't have to push run to get one in my mouth. A shit, a feed or a good root will usually do it!
Jhon_Dafish 23 Mar, 2024 @ 9:39am 
10/10 guide. Shame the Steam release didn't get achievements like other versions did because there's one for smoking 100 cigs.
Comrade Chumbucket 21 Mar, 2024 @ 10:59am 
This is the best guide i've ever seen.
[B9 Phoenix ] teh53m1chr157 20 Mar, 2024 @ 11:54am 
Did you know that there is a community around watching videos that people post of themselves smoking? They enjoy watching them waste away to terminal illnesses and has made me realize that we deserve the impending doom.