It appears that multiple users are having problems with the game crashing on startup.
This is due to a programming oversight involving the settings.sav file being the sole instance of several global variables being initialised.

I have provided a fix wherein - should the settings file not exist - those global variables are initialised under their default values.

This solved the problem on my end, I’m sorry, and I hope it has resolved the issue for you, too.

Good luck, and happy blasting!

A_E ~X