diff --git a/src/d_clisrv.c b/src/d_clisrv.c
index 4253532b4..a7c6e0e9a 100644
--- a/src/d_clisrv.c
+++ b/src/d_clisrv.c
@@ -2773,8 +2773,8 @@ void CL_RemovePlayer(INT32 playernum, INT32 reason)
 		RemoveAdminPlayer(playernum); // don't stay admin after you're gone
 	}
 
-	if (playernum == g_localplayers[0] && !demo.playback)
-		g_localplayers[0] = consoleplayer; // don't look through someone's view who isn't there
+	if (playernum == displayplayers[0] && !demo.playback)
+		displayplayers[0] = consoleplayer; // don't look through someone's view who isn't there
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BLUA
 	LUA_InvalidatePlayer(&players[playernum]);
diff --git a/src/g_game.c b/src/g_game.c
index 285a4c44f..7f6177eac 100644
--- a/src/g_game.c
+++ b/src/g_game.c
@@ -1770,14 +1770,6 @@ void G_DoLoadLevel(boolean resetplayer)
 	if (!resetplayer)
 		P_FindEmerald();
 
-	g_localplayers[0] = consoleplayer; // view the guy you are playing
-
-	for (i = 0; i < MAXSPLITSCREENPLAYERS; i++)
-	{
-		if (i > 0 && r_splitscreen < i)
-			g_localplayers[i] = consoleplayer;
-	}
-
 	gameaction = ga_nothing;
 #ifdef PARANOIA
 	Z_CheckHeap(-2);
diff --git a/src/hu_stuff.c b/src/hu_stuff.c
index 1044dee19..cf217ed1a 100644
--- a/src/hu_stuff.c
+++ b/src/hu_stuff.c
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ static void Got_Saycmd(UINT8 **p, INT32 playernum)
 	{
 		const char *prefix = "", *cstart = "", *cend = "", *adminchar = "\x82~\x83", *remotechar = "\x82@\x83", *fmt2, *textcolor = "\x80";
 		char *tempchar = NULL;
+		char color_prefix[2];
 
 		if (players[playernum].spectator)
 		{
@@ -760,7 +761,8 @@ static void Got_Saycmd(UINT8 **p, INT32 playernum)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			cstart = "\x80" + (K_SkincolorToTextColor(players[playernum].skincolor) >> V_CHARCOLORSHIFT);
+			sprintf(color_prefix, "%c", '\x80' + (K_SkincolorToTextColor(players[playernum].skincolor) >> V_CHARCOLORSHIFT));
+			cstart = color_prefix;
 		}
 
 		prefix = cstart;
diff --git a/src/k_kart.c b/src/k_kart.c
index 58e8aa646..a9656ccff 100644
--- a/src/k_kart.c
+++ b/src/k_kart.c
@@ -10048,9 +10048,10 @@ static void K_drawKartNameTags(void)
 				{
 					bary += (vid.height - (BASEVIDHEIGHT * vid.dupy)) / 2;
 				}
-
-				V_DrawFill(barx, bary, barw, (3 * vid.dupy), colormap[31]|V_NOSCALESTART);
-				V_DrawFill(barx, bary + vid.dupy, barw, vid.dupy, colormap[0]|V_NOSCALESTART);
+			
+				// Lat: 10/06/2020: colormap can be NULL on the frame you join a game, just arbitrarily use palette indexes 31 and 0 instead of whatever the colormap would give us instead to avoid crashes.
+				V_DrawFill(barx, bary, barw, (3 * vid.dupy), (colormap ? colormap[31] : 31)|V_NOSCALESTART);
+				V_DrawFill(barx, bary + vid.dupy, barw, vid.dupy, (colormap ? colormap[0] : 0)|V_NOSCALESTART);
 				// END DRAWFILL DUMBNESS
 
 				// Draw the stem
diff --git a/src/m_menu.c b/src/m_menu.c
index a82f97314..96a9d352a 100644
--- a/src/m_menu.c
+++ b/src/m_menu.c
@@ -5494,7 +5494,11 @@ static void DrawReplayHutReplayInfo(void)
 		}
 
 		// Character face!
-		if (W_CheckNumForName(skins[demolist[dir_on[menudepthleft]].standings[0].skin].facewant) != LUMPERROR)
+
+		// Lat: 08/06/2020: For some reason missing skins have their value set to 255 (don't even ask me why I didn't write this)
+		// and for an even STRANGER reason this passes the first check below, so we're going to make sure that the skin here ISN'T 255 before we do anything stupid.
+
+		if (demolist[dir_on[menudepthleft]].standings[0].skin != 0xFF && W_CheckNumForName(skins[demolist[dir_on[menudepthleft]].standings[0].skin].facewant) != LUMPERROR)
 		{
 			patch = facewantprefix[demolist[dir_on[menudepthleft]].standings[0].skin];
 			colormap = R_GetTranslationColormap(
@@ -5692,7 +5696,11 @@ static void M_DrawReplayStartMenu(void)
 			V_DrawString(BASEVIDWIDTH-92, STARTY + i*20 + 9, V_SNAPTOTOP, va("%d", demolist[dir_on[menudepthleft]].standings[i].timeorscore));
 
 		// Character face!
-		if (W_CheckNumForName(skins[demolist[dir_on[menudepthleft]].standings[i].skin].facerank) != LUMPERROR)
+
+		// Lat: 08/06/2020: For some reason missing skins have their value set to 255 (don't even ask me why I didn't write this)
+		// and for an even STRANGER reason this passes the first check below, so we're going to make sure that the skin here ISN'T 255 before we do anything stupid.
+
+		if (demolist[dir_on[menudepthleft]].standings[0].skin != 0xFF && W_CheckNumForName(skins[demolist[dir_on[menudepthleft]].standings[i].skin].facerank) != LUMPERROR)
 		{
 			patch = facerankprefix[demolist[dir_on[menudepthleft]].standings[i].skin];
 			colormap = R_GetTranslationColormap(
diff --git a/src/p_user.c b/src/p_user.c
index 657d45dda..fd5691601 100644
--- a/src/p_user.c
+++ b/src/p_user.c
@@ -8235,8 +8235,8 @@ boolean P_SpectatorJoinGame(player_t *player)
 		player->playerstate = PST_REBORN;
 
 		//Reset away view
-		if (P_IsLocalPlayer(player) && g_localplayers[0] != consoleplayer)
-			g_localplayers[0] = consoleplayer;
+		if (P_IsLocalPlayer(player) && displayplayers[0] != consoleplayer)
+			displayplayers[0] = consoleplayer;
 
 		HU_AddChatText(va(M_GetText("\x82*%s entered the game."), player_names[player-players]), false);
 		return true; // no more player->mo, cannot continue.
diff --git a/src/v_video.c b/src/v_video.c
index 20931291f..0f6479205 100644
--- a/src/v_video.c
+++ b/src/v_video.c
@@ -1909,7 +1909,6 @@ void V_DrawStringScaled(
 		if (!( flags & V_SNAPTOLEFT ))
 		{
 			left   = ( right - BASEVIDWIDTH )/ 2;/* left edge of drawable area */
-			x      = ( left << FRACBITS )+ x;
 			right -= left;
 		}
 	}