Hi there,
i have 2 problems with the latest penumbra version. 
1)
If i have a fresh install, start the game, press F5 (quickload)
the game will crash immediately 

 of course there are no savegames ... at all
2)
if i touch any artefact (i.e. office) the game crashs as well
here is the hpl.log and the "ulimit -c unlimited -> ./penumbra -> gdb ./penumbra.bin core.*" stuff
running gentoo, perfect configured :-)
thx for your attention
-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
Creating Engine Modules
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 Creating graphics module
 Creating system module
 Creating resource module
 Creating input module
 Creating sound module
 Creating physics module
 Creating ai module
 Creating scene module
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Initializing Resources Module
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 Creating resource managers
 Misc Creation
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Initializing Graphics Module
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 Init low level graphics
 Setting video mode: 1280 x 1024 - 32 bpp
 Init Glee...OK
 Setting up OpenGL
  Max texture image units: 16
  Max texture coord units: 8
  Two sided stencil: 1
  Vertex Buffer Object: 1
  Anisotropic filtering: 1
  Max Anisotropic degree: 16
  Multisampling: 1
  Vertex Program: 1
  Fragment Program: 1
  NV Register Combiners: 1
  NV Register Combiners Stages: 8
  ATI Fragment Shader: 0
 Creating graphic systems
  Creating Renderer2D
  Renderer2D created
  Creating Renderer3D
   Load Renderer3D gpu programs:
    Extrude
    Diffuse
    Fog
   Creating fog textures: Solid Additive Alpha 
   init sky box
  Renderer3D created
 Creating screen buffers size 1280.000000 : 1024.000000
 Creating programs
  RendererPostEffects created
 Adding engine materials
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Initializing Sound Module
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 Initializing OpenAL.
  Trying to open audio device... Success!
  Device name: 
  OpenAL Version Supported: 1.0
  Number of channels: 32
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Initializing Game Module
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 Adding engine updates
 Initializing script functions
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User Initialization
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Initializing Penumbra: Overture Episode 1
  Version       $Rev: 596 $
  Date  $Date: 2007-05-28 17:07:09 -0400 (Mon, 28 May 2007) $
Trying to load vertex program!
Success!
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Game Running
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Loading collada for 'maps/level01_03_shafts.dae' took: 1678 ms
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Texture 'blinn7-fx' was not found!
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry for joint child '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
WARNING: Geometry  joint parten '' is missing! Might be connected to bone.
Start Num Of: 128
End Num Of: 120
Start Num Of: 6
WARNING: particle system 0 in plamp1 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in plamp2 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in plamp3 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in plamp4 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in plamp5 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in plamp6 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in plamp7 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in plamp8 does not exist anymore!
WARNING: particle system 0 in plamp9 does not exist anymore!
Loading collada for 'maps/level01_05_office.dae' took: 229 ms
WARNING: Parent 'group3' couldn't be found! Failed to attach 'artefact_pointLight1' to 'artefact'.Attaching directly to mesh.
Start Num Of: 175
End Num Of: 120
Start Num Of: 8
WARNING: Couldn't find start position 'link01'
Loading map 'level01_05_office.dae' took: 862 ms
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(no debugging symbols found)
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error.
Reading symbols from /usr/local/games/penumbra-episode1/lib/libvorbisfile.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
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Reading symbols from /usr/local/games/penumbra-episode1/lib/libopenal.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
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Reading symbols from /usr/local/games/penumbra-episode1/lib/libalut.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
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Core was generated by `./penumbra.bin'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
gdb> quit