Welcome aboard Swab! I'm a flight simmer as well for over 15 years. I would think nothing could pull me away from flight sims but, alas, sailing along came SH3. I played for a while and shelved it until I stumbled upon GW and I have not stopped playing since. The game straight out of the box was just missing to many things to keep me happy. My saitek X-52 is collecting a bit of dust at the moment. Hmmmmm, I wonder if I can set up buttons on my X-52 to play SH3?:hmm: Anyway, enjoy the sim and the community here. There are a lot of good folks on this forum.