How do you use a joystick for Spore?

I have a Logitech Attack 3 and would like to use it with Spore. The joystick works fine. I've used it on other games. The problem is that Spore does not respond to input from the joystick and I can find nothing in the settings or documentation that helps with joysticks. If it makes a difference I have the galactic edition.How do you use a joystick for Spore?
it doesn't run with a joystick, some games are like that.