# Game wont start

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-start/1236>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [May 15, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-start/1236 "2013-05-15T17:52:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rumpel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rumpel/32/848_2.png) [@rumpel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/rumpel)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-start/1236/1 "2013-05-15T17:52:32Z")

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hi, i get the following error when ./catclysm

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out\_of\_range’  
what(): basic\_string::substr

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**Author:** ![rumpel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rumpel/32/848_2.png) [@rumpel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/rumpel)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-start/1236/2 "2013-05-17T13:26:10Z")

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anyone?

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**Author:** ![drake1storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@drake1storm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/drake1storm)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-start/1236/3 "2013-05-17T17:04:38Z")

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Did you compile it yourself?

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**Author:** ![Narc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/narc/32/2705_2.png) [@Narc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Narc)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-start/1236/4 "2013-05-17T17:36:59Z")

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You’re trying to use it with an older save, but the save file format changed. I’m sorry, you’ll have to delete that world and let the new version make a new one. On the other hand, nobody says you can’t also have the older version sitting around somewhere until you finish playing that world. 🙂