It's a .dat file. And no, I'm not running with the -filesys extension, I'll give that a try.

<t> OK, I've seen where you can download custom missions, but I haven't figured out how to install them in the game. I've tried putting the files in a folder in the game directory, but nothing shows up under the "custom missions" tab, and they don't seem to show up on the enable/disable mod screen ...

<t> OK, I figured it out. First I updated the drivers, but still no dice. Then I noticed that the game was recognizing the little slider on the throttle control instead of the throttle itself. So I went into the key mapping screen and changed it to the throttle control. For some reason, it didn't ...

OK, I've seen a few other posts on this but no answers that have helped me. I picked up the game the other day (great game!) but it won't recognize the throttle control on my Saitek X-52. Any suggestions from the devs on this?