Client Suddenly Won't Run

Today I opened Steam and tried to load RW. Steam said "updating", which seemed odd since I already have the most recent update. I checked 30 minutes later, and it was still at 0% updated. So I went to the steam beta options for the game, switched it back to the Java Version. Steam started to download that content, then I switched it back to the beta version. Steam then downloaded the entire game. After that, I was able to run the game, and log onto a server. I played for a while without issue, but it seemed that /showareas wasn't working, so I tried to log off and back in. The server (Wild Frontiers in case it matters) loaded to 10 percent, then I got an unhandled exception. I tried to click report error and the game crashed completely. I loaded it again, and had the exact same error. This time I copied the text, it is pasted below. Currently I toggled the beta setting again, and it is re-downloading the whole game again. Also, I didn't try to load single player, but the error message suggests it's multiplayer issue.

Hoping for some resolution so I can play again! Thanks in advance.

Windows 10 (10.0.19045) 64bit (Desktop) Direct3D 11.0 [level 11.1]

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core Processor , 16 Cores, 3394 MHz

System Product Name (System manufacturer) 16310 MB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, 8081 MB VRAM, 2023-04-25, 31.0.15.317

Commit: 78509c3d92f76f63a54da3734a0071513bca81ef

Branch: master JobID: 13315

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NullReferenceException - Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at RisingWorld.Content.Network.ClientPlayerListener.PlayerSyncReceived (JIW.Network.Core.Common.IPacket packet) [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0

at JIW.Network.Core.Client.AbstractNetworkClient.Update (System.Single tpf) [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0

at RisingWorld.Content.Network.NetworkManager.OnUpdate (System.Single tpf) [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0

at RisingWorld.Common.JIWApplication.Update () [0x00000] in <00000000000000000000000000000000>:0

Update: I reinstalled with no issues, so I think it was a hardware issue (probably my aging SSD). As for /showareas not working, I realized that I need to type it in the console now

Thanks

Ah, I see. I just tried to run it again and got the same error. I tried "verify game files" in steam, that didn't help. Suppose I'll reinstall again for now....