Ok, first of all I have played and conquered Freelancer back in 2003. I recently purchased a ton of mod packs and I am awaiting for them to arrive. In the meantime, I am playing the game again from the beginning to familiarize myself because of the long absence.

I have recently played for several hours and now I am working on level 11, but somewhere along the lines I did something that is causing my acceleration to stop (i.e. goes back to zero instead of maintaining speed) if I release the "W" button.

Does anyone know how I can get it back to normal where I don't have to continuiously hold down the "W" button just to fly? I like having top impulse speed and just hitting th tab button for afterburn when necessary. Thanks to anyone who can post a helpful reply.