Saints Row Mouse And Keyboard Controls (For Xenia Emulator)

[Jacob_MP]

Hello, Saints and sinners!

Just a quick update from me. Around January of 2020, I had put together this document that lists my findings for some of the mouse and keyboard controls in Saints Row (2006), as ran through the Xenia Xbox 360 emulator.

I haven't touched this document since the first half of 2023. I had to do a bit of digging around to find it (was posted on Twitter/X during this time) since I had only made it public circa March of 2023.

Curiously enough, I only had it available in image format (trust me, even I'm scratching my head), but I still thought I'd attach it to this here thread in hopes that it could be of use to someone and tide them over until they get themselves a compatible controller for this trusty emulator.

Though incomplete (indefinitely), I've attached this document as-is to the lower half of this thread. I've also attached a better representation of the keyboard layout and how certain keys can be detected as inputs via the Xenia emulator (for Saints Row, that is) via an image from Flippy's video "How to Play Saints Row 1 on the PC", a video that I'd highly recommend watching if you haven't already.

To this day, I use my Xbox One controller to play this game via the Xenia emulator, so I don't have much use for these resources at the moment.

Flippy's Video + Keyboard Layout (credits to Flippy, of course):

My Document Of Saints Row's Mouse And Keyboard Controls (by myself, Jacob_MP, for Xenia emulator use):

Also, here's a link to my original tweet/post/etc. with this document attached:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1633898902129655822

I do hope that this thread helps you all out who're looking to try out Saints Row via the Xenia emulator. Feel free to add to my document, archive it, post it elsewhere, etc. I'm not too fussed as long as it helps as many users as possible.

Have a good one and stay classy, folks!

Yours, Jacob_MP.

 

[Clippy95]

the default Xenia keybindings are available within Xenia's config listed under [HID.WinKey] with the default binds as well so you could've read it from there, and this doesn't achieve any mouse support as the game lacks it and it's only possible by injecting mouse support to the game

 

[Jay_L97]

Sorry if this is the wrong thread for this but I was wondering if its possible to change controls for controller users? In saints row 2 on xbox i use control scheme b for driving. I use RT to accelerate, LB to shoot, X to brake and RB to look behind. This makes aiming and shooting in a vehicle so much better and is something I've wanted in sr1 forever. Forgot to add I use RowInput for sr2 and its perfect. I'd love to see something similar for sr1

 

[Jacob_MP]

Sorry if this is the wrong thread for this but I was wondering if its possible to change controls for controller users? In saints row 2 on xbox i use control scheme b for driving. I use RT to accelerate, LB to shoot, X to brake and RB to look behind. This makes aiming and shooting in a vehicle so much better and is something I've wanted in sr1 forever. Forgot to add I use RowInput for sr2 and its perfect. I'd love to see something similar for sr1

Hi there. There should be different control schemes in the in-game settings for SR1. I use the same sort of control scheme that you've described there. I don't recall whether it's A, B, C, etc. for SR1 but I do vaguely remember it's not the default option when you first start playing the game. It's been several months since I've last played it. Hope this helps!