Every time I play XWA I play the simulator (I never play the campaign). But when the game starts my ship keeps moving southwest. Theres nothing I can do to stop it. I don't have any gamepads/joysticks installed on my system. Why is it doing this?
You shouldn't even be able to get to that point. XWA requires some sort of controller (preferably a joystick).
Just bought a joystick. Still having the same problem. I even tried reinstalling it. When I play the game my ship keeps moving southwest. none of my joystick buttons work either.
Try calibrating the joystick (through Control Panel in Windows).