diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/configsimulatorcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/configsimulatorcomponent.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2452affb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/configsimulatorcomponent.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2017
+ * swift project community / Contributors
+ *
+ * This file is part of swift Project. It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level
+ * directory of this distribution and at http://www.swift-project.org/license.html. No part of swift project,
+ * including this file, may be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed except according to the terms
+ * contained in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#include "configsimulatorcomponent.h"
+#include "blackconfig/buildconfig.h"
+#include "blackmisc/logmessage.h"
+#include "blackmisc/simulation/fscommon/fscommonutil.h"
+#include "ui_configsimulatorcomponent.h"
+
+using namespace BlackMisc;
+using namespace BlackMisc::Simulation;
+using namespace BlackMisc::Simulation::FsCommon;
+using namespace BlackConfig;
+
+namespace BlackGui
+{
+    namespace Components
+    {
+        CConfigSimulatorComponent::CConfigSimulatorComponent(QWidget *parent) :
+            QFrame(parent),
+            ui(new Ui::CConfigSimulatorComponent)
+        {
+            ui->setupUi(this);
+            this->preselectSimulators();
+        }
+
+        CConfigSimulatorComponent::~CConfigSimulatorComponent()
+        { }
+
+        void CConfigSimulatorComponent::save()
+        {
+            ui->comp_SettingsSimulator->save();
+            const QStringList sims = this->selectedSimsToPluginIds();
+            const CStatusMessage msg = m_enabledSimulators.setAndSave(sims);
+            CLogMessage::preformatted(msg);
+        }
+
+        void CConfigSimulatorComponent::preselectSimulators()
+        {
+            CSimulatorInfo sims;
+            if (m_enabledSimulators.isSaved())
+            {
+                sims = CSimulatorInfo(m_enabledSimulators.get());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // by model set
+                sims = m_modelSets.simulatorsWithInitializedCache();
+            }
+
+            const bool p3d = (sims.p3d() || !CFsCommonUtil::p3dDir().isEmpty()) && CBuildConfig::isCompiledWithP3DSupport();
+            const bool fsx = (sims.fsx() || !CFsCommonUtil::fsxDir().isEmpty()) && CBuildConfig::isCompiledWithFsxSupport();
+            const bool fs9 = (sims.fs9() || !CFsCommonUtil::fs9Dir().isEmpty()) && CBuildConfig::isCompiledWithFs9Support();
+            const bool xp = sims.xplane() && CBuildConfig::isCompiledWithXPlaneSupport();
+
+            ui->cb_P3D->setChecked(p3d);
+            ui->cb_FSX->setChecked(fsx);
+            ui->cb_FS9->setChecked(fs9);
+            ui->cb_XP->setChecked(xp); // \fixme some default for XP?
+
+            ui->cb_P3D->setEnabled(CBuildConfig::isCompiledWithP3DSupport());
+            ui->cb_FSX->setEnabled(CBuildConfig::isCompiledWithFsxSupport());
+            ui->cb_FS9->setEnabled(CBuildConfig::isCompiledWithFs9Support());
+            ui->cb_XP->setEnabled(CBuildConfig::isCompiledWithXPlaneSupport());
+
+            if (p3d) { ui->comp_SettingsSimulator->setSimulator(CSimulatorInfo(CSimulatorInfo::P3D)); }
+            else if (fsx) { ui->comp_SettingsSimulator->setSimulator(CSimulatorInfo(CSimulatorInfo::FSX)); }
+            else if (fs9) { ui->comp_SettingsSimulator->setSimulator(CSimulatorInfo(CSimulatorInfo::FS9)); }
+            else if (xp)  { ui->comp_SettingsSimulator->setSimulator(CSimulatorInfo(CSimulatorInfo::XPLANE)); }
+        }
+
+        QStringList CConfigSimulatorComponent::selectedSimsToPluginIds()
+        {
+            QStringList ids;
+
+            // have to match ids from swift-plugin-simulators.xml
+            if (ui->cb_FS9->isChecked()) { ids << "fs2004"; }
+            if (ui->cb_FSX->isChecked()) { ids << "fsx"; }
+            if (ui->cb_P3D->isChecked()) { ids << "p3d"; }
+            if (ui->cb_XP->isChecked())  { ids << "xplane"; }
+
+            return ids;
+        }
+
+        bool CConfigSimulatorWizardPage::validatePage()
+        {
+            Q_ASSERT_X(m_config, Q_FUNC_INFO, "Missing config");
+            m_config->save();
+            return true;
+        }
+    } // ns
+} // ns
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/configsimulatorcomponent.h b/src/blackgui/components/configsimulatorcomponent.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..443ccbc9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/configsimulatorcomponent.h
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2017
+ * swift project community / Contributors
+ *
+ * This file is part of swift Project. It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level
+ * directory of this distribution and at http://www.swift-project.org/license.html. No part of swift project,
+ * including this file, may be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed except according to the terms
+ * contained in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+//! \file
+
+#ifndef BLACKGUI_COMPONENTS_CONFIGSIMULATORCOMPONENT_H
+#define BLACKGUI_COMPONENTS_CONFIGSIMULATORCOMPONENT_H
+
+#include "blackmisc/simulation/data/modelcaches.h"
+#include "blackcore/application/applicationsettings.h"
+#include <QWizardPage>
+#include <QFrame>
+#include <QScopedPointer>
+
+namespace Ui { class CConfigSimulatorComponent; }
+namespace BlackGui
+{
+    namespace Components
+    {
+        /**
+         * Simulator configuration
+         */
+        class CConfigSimulatorComponent : public QFrame
+        {
+            Q_OBJECT
+
+        public:
+            //! Constructor
+            explicit CConfigSimulatorComponent(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+
+            //! Destructor
+            virtual ~CConfigSimulatorComponent();
+
+            //! Save data
+            void save();
+
+        private:
+            //! Preselect simulators
+            void preselectSimulators();
+
+            //! Get the plugin ids
+            QStringList selectedSimsToPluginIds();
+
+            BlackMisc::CSetting<BlackCore::Application::TEnabledSimulators> m_enabledSimulators { this };
+            BlackMisc::Simulation::Data::CModelSetCaches m_modelSets { true, this };
+            QScopedPointer<Ui::CConfigSimulatorComponent> ui;
+        };
+
+        /**
+         * Wizard page for CConfigSimulatorComponent
+         */
+        class CConfigSimulatorWizardPage : public QWizardPage
+        {
+        public:
+            //! Constructors
+            using QWizardPage::QWizardPage;
+
+            //! Set config
+            void setConfigComponent(CConfigSimulatorComponent *config) { m_config = config; }
+
+            //! \copydoc QWizardPage::validatePage
+            virtual bool validatePage() override;
+
+        private:
+            CConfigSimulatorComponent *m_config = nullptr;
+        };
+    } // ns
+} // ns
+#endif // guard
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/configsimulatorcomponent.ui b/src/blackgui/components/configsimulatorcomponent.ui
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b22e099b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/configsimulatorcomponent.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>CConfigSimulatorComponent</class>
+ <widget class="QFrame" name="CConfigSimulatorComponent">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>640</width>
+    <height>480</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>Frame</string>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="vl_ConfigSimulator">
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>4</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>4</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>4</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
+    <number>4</number>
+   </property>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="gb_Simulator">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Select your simulator(s)</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gl_Simulator">
+      <property name="leftMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="topMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="rightMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="bottomMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <item row="0" column="1" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_FSX">
+        <property name="styleSheet">
+         <string notr="true">background: &quot;lightgrey&quot;</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>&lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; src=&quot;:/simulators/icons/simulators/FSX.png&quot;/&gt;</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="2" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_FS9">
+        <property name="styleSheet">
+         <string notr="true">background: &quot;lightgrey&quot;</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>&lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; src=&quot;:/simulators/icons/simulators/FS9.png&quot;/&gt;</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="3" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_XP">
+        <property name="styleSheet">
+         <string notr="true">background: &quot;lightgrey&quot;</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>&lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; src=&quot;:/simulators/icons/simulators/XPlane.png&quot;/&gt;</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="1" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cb_FSX">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>FSX</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="3" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cb_XP">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>XPlane</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="2" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cb_FS9">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>FS9</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="iconSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>64</width>
+          <height>64</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="0" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cb_P3D">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>P3D</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="0">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_P3D">
+        <property name="styleSheet">
+         <string notr="true">background: &quot;lightgrey&quot;</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>&lt;img width=&quot;130&quot; src=&quot;:/simulators/icons/simulators/Prepar3D.png&quot;/&gt;</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="gb_SimulatorSetup">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Setup of each individual simulator</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="vl_GroupSimulator">
+      <property name="leftMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="topMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="rightMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="bottomMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_SimulatorHint">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Simulator directories: &lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Normally&lt;/span&gt; there is &lt;span style=&quot; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;no need&lt;/span&gt; to override the defaults. But if the simulator directories / excludes are incorrect you can set individual values here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="wordWrap">
+         <bool>true</bool>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="BlackGui::Components::CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent" name="comp_SettingsSimulator">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>0</width>
+          <height>100</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <spacer name="vs_SimulatorComponent">
+     <property name="orientation">
+      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+      <size>
+       <width>20</width>
+       <height>40</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+    </spacer>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>BlackGui::Components::CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent</class>
+   <extends>QFrame</extends>
+   <header>blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.h</header>
+   <container>1</container>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.cpp
index 94a398c00..5b9b934a4 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             connect(ui->pb_ExcludeFileDialog, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::ps_excludeFileDialog);
             connect(ui->pb_ModelFileDialog, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::ps_modelFileDialog);
             connect(ui->pb_SimulatorFileDialog, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::ps_simulatorFileDialog);
-            connect(ui->pb_Save, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::ps_save);
+            connect(ui->pb_Save, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::save);
             connect(ui->pb_Reset, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::ps_reset);
             connect(ui->pb_CopyDefaults, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::ps_copyDefaults);
             connect(ui->le_SimulatorDirectory, &QLineEdit::returnPressed, this, &CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::ps_simulatorDirectoryEntered);
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
             ui->comp_SimulatorSelector->setValue(simulator);
         }
 
-        void CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::save()
-        {
-            this->ps_save();
-        }
-
         void CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::setSmallLayout(bool small)
         {
             ui->lbl_ExcludeDirectories->setWordWrap(small);
@@ -104,7 +99,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             this->displayDefaultValuesAsPlaceholder(simulator);
         }
 
-        void CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::ps_save()
+        void CSettingsSimulatorBasicsComponent::save()
         {
             const CSimulatorInfo simulator(ui->comp_SimulatorSelector->getValue());
             CSimulatorSettings s = this->getSettings(simulator);
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.h b/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.h
index 81df92dda..473c26813 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
             void ps_excludeFileDialog();
             void ps_simulatorFileDialog();
             void ps_simulatorDirectoryEntered();
-            void ps_save();
             void ps_copyDefaults();
             void ps_reset();
             void ps_simulatorChanged();
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.ui b/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.ui
index b4b3f711e..ac46912be 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.ui
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/settingssimulatorbasicscomponent.ui
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="3" column="0" alignment="Qt::AlignTop">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_ExcludeDirectories">
-     <property name="toolTip">
-      <string>Excluded from model loading</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Exclude directory patterns:</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item row="1" column="0" alignment="Qt::AlignTop">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_ModelDirectory">
      <property name="text">
@@ -129,6 +119,16 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item row="3" column="0" rowspan="4" alignment="Qt::AlignTop">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_ExcludeDirectories">
+     <property name="toolTip">
+      <string>Excluded from model loading</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>Exclude directory patterns:</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>