CW3 crash on launch

[planetfall]

Did a system update yesterday, now the game won't start. There were several hundred packages updated, not the foggiest which one(s) might cause this.

EDIT: seems something was just in a bad state, a restart fixed it and now I feel like a derp

system specs

Game version: Linux, tried 2.08 and 2.12 both 32 and 64 bit
Computer: Arch Linux desktop, kernel version 4.9.11-1
CPU: AMD FX 4300
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 750
RAM: 8 GB

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log file

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
  what():  basic_string::_S_construct null not valid
Stacktrace:


Native stacktrace:

   /opt/creeper-world3/CW3_Data/Mono/x86_64/libmono.so(+0x91772) [0x7f4e50cec772]
   /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0(+0x11080) [0x7f4e53e24080]
   /usr/lib/libc.so.6(gsignal+0xcf) [0x7f4e5261e04f]
   /usr/lib/libc.so.6(abort+0x16a) [0x7f4e5261f47a]
   /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZN9__gnu_cxx27__verbose_terminate_handlerEv+0x16d) [0x7f4e52f3c4ed]
   /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(+0x8f2a6) [0x7f4e52f3a2a6]
   /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(+0x8f2f1) [0x7f4e52f3a2f1]
   /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(+0x8f508) [0x7f4e52f3a508]
   /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZSt19__throw_logic_errorPKc+0x3f) [0x7f4e52f63ecf]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0xe011c3]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0xe016e8]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0xdfc332]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0xdb6205]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0xdb3a5a]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0x5f959c]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0x759216]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0x72aa6d]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0x461d8d]
   /usr/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf1) [0x7f4e5260b291]
   ./CW3.x86_64() [0x46b4ed]

Debug info from gdb:

ptrace: Operation not permitted.
No threads.

=================================================================
Got a SIGABRT while executing native code. This usually indicates
a fatal error in the mono runtime or one of the native libraries
used by your application.
=================================================================

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[Sorrontis]

I see your problem! You use Linux  :P

[Karsten75]

EDIT: seems something was just in a bad state,

Thanks!, does wonders for our close rate! :)