Thanks for the replies. It must be the steam version as it was purchased and downloaded Via my account .Sorry i didnt relalise they would be different versions , could it be significant ?
Before i downloaded the drivers it was on the default ones whitch i assume must be the windows versions ,think they dated back to something like 2009?
I tried assigning the control both manualy and by scanning and nugging the joy stick it never offered one of the -or + options but i did trythem all manually it shows as Tclaytons image compleate with the indicator bar under the assigement label. The reverce button works as expected but the indicator just travels from one end to the othere as the joystick is moved , theres no control over it .
Its like MSFS isent reading the signal correctly from the X52 given the othere programmes do but theres no deeper configuaration options to try and figure whats not happerning or map the controller correctly .