Quote: "it exited as soon as i entered a new game"
I've had another report of this problem and I believe it is a sound related issue, some old sound cards also appear to be having difficulty loading all the sounds.
I have already produced a new .exe and am waiting on an afflicted user to report back to me and let me know if it cleared the problem before I update the download. For most people though it seems to be no problem.
If you dont want sticky keys on then why not disable it? (Control Panel/Accessibility Options). Point taken though, the full game when it comes out will have controller setup options but this preview edition is unlikely to see that - it'll only be up for download for about a week. BTW: Space is already used as a fire button, on the Millenium Falcon it drops a mine and most of the capitol ships use it too.
God created the world in 7 days, but we're still waiting for the patch.