All bugged.
There is a "trick" however that may or may not work. It worked on the 1.09 (for me). I disabled the Plasma Force Armor and S.O.B. did not crash the game at all, no matter how much I used it.
Nice. I shall try it out once I get confirmation, since downgrading has always been a big issue for me, just in case it doesn't work out, but thanks.