hey everyone,

So just got SR3 while its 50% on steam, got it installed and it won't let me play with a wired 360 controller. I've done some googling but cannot see anything that would fix the problem - has anyone got any solutions for this? I have a wireless mouse and keyboard plugged in via usb too no other input devices. HELP!

Many thanks

@STORMP00PER: Not saying your stupid or anything but you installed the proper drivers and whatnot for the 360 controller right? Cause Saints Row should instantly detect a controller and change all the HUD elements to be 360 buttons instead of keyboard stuff.

Is it wired and not just wireless with a plug & play? Check drivers and such. Make sure controller is enabled, some games require it to be selected first (can't remember for Saints Row 3).

I just tested mine and you're right, it totally doesn't... EXCEPT when the intro videos are playing. It detects that A is being pressed and skips one each time, but doesn't work in the menus. Wireless works fine. Might have to emulate one with x360ce since I know my wired PS3 controller works when emulating a wireless 360 controller. I'll do more tests then report back.
 
edit: okay, after disabling my PPJoy virtual joystick (it has a low VID hardware number so certain games try to detect it first), the wired 360 controller suddenly worked the next time I started the game. Button icons and everything. Do you have any other controllers or joysticks installed? What's listed when you type "joy.cpl" in the RUN box (WIN+R keys)?

sup, yeah its an official microsoft wired controller, drivers etc are there, its plug and play and i've recently been ploughing through my steam copy of skyrim with it, for whatever reason SR3 just doesnt recognise it?

Kinda bummed I've been listening to all the great stuff that Ryan and the guys have been saying about it for months now. For me these type of games just doesn't feel great with the keyboard and mouse - sigh.....

So does that mean there are no other devices listed in the Game Controllers panel? Have you tried rebooting after installing the game and or gamepad drivers for the first time? Can you skip the intro videos with the A button when you launch the game?

@MrKlorox: thanks for checking that man, no other input devices installed, I do have a wacom installed (not plugged in currently) would those drivers have an effect?

@MrKlorox: hmm weird, i re-read your post and checked the joy.cpl thing and there is nothing listed - should i be seeing the xbox controller in there?

@STORMP00PER said:

@MrKlorox: hmm weird, i re-read your post and checked the joy.cpl thing and there is nothing listed - should i be seeing the xbox controller in there?

If it's plugged in, yeah. Try installing the 360 Accessories Softwaredunno if it'll work, but might as well give it a try.

@STORMP00PER: When I bought SR3 back in December I was able to immediately play with a wired 360 controller. Recently I bought a wireless 360 controller and it works as well. When I run joy.cpl and activate my wireless controller, it appears in the listing. I'm not familiar with the control option settings in SR3, so maybe something can be tweaked there?

@WilltheMagicAsian: downloaded that software and i can now hit the start button on the desktop (super useful lol) still nothing showing up in joy.cpl?

@MrKlorox: theres one for a EIO driver but thats been there for donkeys, i looked into it a while ago and is just ome random windows bug i believe

@MrKlorox: nada, nope, nothing doing - so strange, had a look on the official thq forums (which are a pretty rubbish) and the only fix they had was for removing any Razor drivers

Yeah, I went and actually manually installed drivers for mine. It never worked properly for me until I did that.

I'll have to give some of that a go the marra and see thanks to everyone for the suggestions - god bless giant bomb!

I had almost the exact same problem. My wired 360 controller was only detected by SR3 when skipping the intro videos.

Anyone looking for a solution: the only way I can get SR3 to detect the controller on the menu screen/in-game is to uninstall my Razer Nostromo. Not ideal, but it works. Must be something to do with Razer drivers in general - I'll report it on the SR3 website.