Game crashes during startup: 'UNHANDLED EXCEPTION CAUGHT: std::bad_array_new_length'

[mallaian]

Since a recent update, my game has been crashing at ~80-90% on the initial loading screen.

The following is the last 100 lines of the log output:
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
[17-26-44] [PhysFS]: Loading tile animations from directory .//images/animated.txt...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/system/white.png'...
[17-26-44] initialized mesh with 6 vertices
[17-26-44] initialized mesh with 103 vertices
[17-26-44] initialized shader program '2D image shader' successfully
[17-26-44] compiled shader 1 successfully
[17-26-44] compiled shader 2 successfully
[17-26-44] linked shader program '2D image shader' successfully
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/backdrop2.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/UI_Loading_Bar_BodyUnder_00.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Gas/000.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/000.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/UI_Loading_Bar_FlourishOver_00.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/UI_Loading_GungnirMiddle_00.png'...
[17-26-44] loading models from directory .//models/models.txt...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Gas/001.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/001.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Gas/002.png'...
[17-26-44] loading model cache...
[17-26-44] [MODEL CACHE]: Using updated version format v4.0.2.
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/002.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Gas/003.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/003.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Gas/004.png'...
[17-26-44] loading sounds...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/004.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Gas/005.png'...
[17-26-44] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/005.png'...
[17-26-45] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/006.png'...
[17-26-45] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/007.png'...
[17-26-45] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/008.png'...
[17-26-45] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/009.png'...
[17-26-45] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/010.png'...
[17-26-45] loading image 'images/ui/LoadingScreen/LoadingBar/Bubbles/011.png'...
UNHANDLED EXCEPTION CAUGHT: std::bad_array_new_length

[WALL OF JUSTICE]

Hi, delete models.cache in the Barony install directory (Right click Barony -> properties -> Installed Files -> browse)

[mallaian]

That seems to have worked. Thank you.