We received reports from players saying that they no longer suffered from the dreaded Saints Row 2 speedup bug after switching from Windows 7 to Windows 8. Minimaul was able to confirm that today as well on his test machine. This is great news for anyone having problems using Powertools or Cheat Engine since they now have a third option to try.
Minimaul is also working on an updated build of Powertools with some fixes and new features. More details on that to come.
Looks like a few variants got missed in GotR and couldn’t be customized at the mechanic. I released a mod that corrects this oversight for the Saints ambulance, Saints Shaft, and Buffalo B Brotherhood drug lab which can be downloaded here.
These fixes will be part of the upcoming Gentlemen of the Row v2.0. Thanks Voit-Shao for letting me know!
Steam updated with Saints Row: The Third Franchise Pack that includes all the dlc (except the Genki Girls pack.) It’s likely going to go live as a special deal for the upcoming summer sale.
Also, Sandbox+ for SRTT and Sandbox+ for SR2 have both been updated with new features and fixes:
Sandbox + for SRTT .042 alpha changelog
* Added 3 new teleports
X + LBRACKET = Teleport to Professor Genki SERC
X + RBRACKET = Teleport to Apocalypse Genki
X + SEMICOLON = Teleport to deckers.die tank battle arena – Thanks for the coords, Pinnhead!
* Added Time of Day cycle command
R + HOME = Cycle through times of day (sunrise, noon, sunset, night)
* Added explosion attach cycle command
R + PGUP = Cycle through attaching explosions to character (WIP only the first one is useful. the others are annoying with the camera shake)
* Added new notoriety commands
CTRL + LBRACKET = Toggle lock notoriety at zero (forces no notoriety)
CTRL + RBRACKET = Toggle maxed notoriety for all gangs/poice, and reset all notoriety to 0
* Added zone swap for Saints HQ
G + PGDOWN = Cycles Saints HQ states (Morningstar, damanged in STAG attack, Saints colors undamaged)
* Cutscenes now return player to Saints HQ after playing
* More reorganizing of commands
Sanbox+ for SR2 alpha .03 changelog
Adds 7 special commands:
311 – Repair current vehicle
313 – Samedi Notoriety +1 (cycles back to 0 after 5)
314 – Ronin Notoriety +1
315 – Brotherhood Notoriety +1
316 – Police Notoriety +1
317 – Toggle Max all notoriety, and eliminate all notoriety
318 – Lock Notoriety at zero (forced no notoriety)
Download Sandbox+ for SR2 .02 alpha
changelog
* Adds 11 crib teleport codes
* Adds 7 chunk swap codes (prison riot, Brotherhood tanker, Heritage festival, Ultor yacht, Projects, Hospital, and barn)
The first alpha has been released for the Saints Row 2 version, and contains teleport codes for all 21 districts in the game. More functions and features are coming soon!
Good news everyone! I was able to successfully get a new thread capturing input for Saints Row 2! This means that we’ll be able to call lua functions now in realtime with key combos just like the current Sandbox+ for SRTT!
The patch 4 TWC files contain some new info regarding upcoming SRTT DLC. There is no name given to it so I’ll just refer to it as the Let’s Pretend Witches and Wieners pack:
Let’s Pretend Witches and Wieners pack
* Hotdog suit (FUCK YES)
* Ninja suit (DOUBLE FUCK YES)
* Witch outfit
* Broomstick vehicle
We’re also still expecting these upcoming DLC packs that have been referenced in previous patch files:
Unlockables pack
* Gives both mission choices for all missions; for example both the apocafists and Killbane’s mask.
Special Ops pack
* Saints Vtol
* Saints N-Forcer
* Saints Crusader tank
Gang Outfits pack
* Player outfits for Morningstar, Luchadore, and Deckers (both regular and specialists)
Penthouse Pets pack
* Gang Customization and homie options
Genki Girls Vehicles pack
* Angry Tiger Kenshin Kaneda
* Sexy Kitten Temptress Vortex
* Sad Panda Rover
Horror pack
* Werewolf outfit with jigglebone tail
* Skeleton mask
* Zombie mask
* Slasher mask
* Devil “hat” (possibly horns from sr2)
EDIT:
We have a name for the new DLC! Witches and Wieners! 
Something I missed earlier is that Saints Row 2 is also on sale this weekend for only $3.75! Be warned that it is widely regarded as the worst port in gaming history, and has a massive amount of bugs and performance problems. I strongly urge anyone who is considering it to first read the SR2 PC FAQ that details all of the issues with the game and how to work around them. You may just be surprised at just what kind of hardware you’ll need to run it well.
If you do pick it up, don’t forget to grab the Gentlemen of the Row super mod that has a ton of bug fixes, and many awesome enhancements and additions to the game while still leaving the base experience intact.
Come join us at the new forum for SR:TT modding tutorials and discussion!
This may be hard to believe, but I sat down today with Minimaul, Firespite, and foamcup and we managed to work through our issues from last year’s big blowup. The result was that we made our peace and have agreed to join forces to mod SR:TT.
Minimaul is working on getting a new site and forum up for discussion, information dumping, and tutorials that we all can share. Things will likely start heating up once we’ve all beaten the game and begin digging into the files, and I’ll continue to post news here, as well as hosting the GotR and upcoming GoS mods.