diff --git a/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_hwtexture.cpp b/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_hwtexture.cpp
index 5ce937b10d..00370481b6 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_hwtexture.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_hwtexture.cpp
@@ -81,12 +81,11 @@ unsigned int FHardwareTexture::CreateTexture(unsigned char * buffer, int w, int
 	int texformat = GL_RGBA;// TexFormat[gl_texture_format];
 	bool deletebuffer=false;
 
-	/*
-	if (forcenocompression)
-	{
-		texformat = GL_RGBA8;
-	}
-	*/
+	// When running in SW mode buffer will be null, so set it to the texBuffer already created
+	// There could be other use cases I do not know about which means this is a bad idea..
+	if (buffer == nullptr)
+		buffer = texBuffer;
+
 	bool firstCall = glTexID == 0;
 	if (firstCall)
 	{
@@ -136,9 +135,19 @@ unsigned int FHardwareTexture::CreateTexture(unsigned char * buffer, int w, int
 	sourcetype = GL_BGRA;
 	texformat = GL_BGRA;
 #else
-	sourcetype = GL_BGRA;
-	texformat = GL_RGBA;
+	if (glTextureBytes == 1)
+	{
+		glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
+		sourcetype = GL_RED;
+		texformat = GL_R8;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		sourcetype = GL_BGRA;
+		texformat = GL_RGBA;
+	}
 #endif
+
 	glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, texformat, rw, rh, 0, sourcetype, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, buffer);
 
 	if (deletebuffer && buffer) free(buffer);
@@ -155,6 +164,26 @@ unsigned int FHardwareTexture::CreateTexture(unsigned char * buffer, int w, int
 }
 
 
+void FHardwareTexture::AllocateBuffer(int w, int h, int texelsize) 
+{	
+	int rw = GetTexDimension(w);
+	int rh = GetTexDimension(h);
+
+	if (texelsize < 1 || texelsize > 4) texelsize = 4;
+	glTextureBytes = texelsize;
+	bufferpitch = w;
+
+	if (texBuffer)
+		delete[] texBuffer;
+
+	texBuffer = new uint8_t[(w * h) * texelsize];
+	return;
+}
+
+uint8_t* FHardwareTexture::MapBuffer()
+{
+	return texBuffer;
+}
 
 //===========================================================================
 // 
@@ -164,6 +193,9 @@ unsigned int FHardwareTexture::CreateTexture(unsigned char * buffer, int w, int
 FHardwareTexture::~FHardwareTexture() 
 { 
 	if (glTexID != 0) glDeleteTextures(1, &glTexID);
+
+	if (texBuffer)
+		delete[] texBuffer;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_hwtexture.h b/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_hwtexture.h
index 8ff673de7e..f367c5d3ad 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_hwtexture.h
+++ b/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_hwtexture.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ private:
 
 	unsigned int glTexID = 0;
 	unsigned int glDepthID = 0;	// only used by camera textures
+	uint8_t* texBuffer;
+
 	int glTextureBytes;
 	bool mipmapped = false;
 
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@ public:
 	{
 		forcenofilter = disablefilter;
 		glTextureBytes = numchannels;
+
+		texBuffer = nullptr;
 	}
 
 	~FHardwareTexture();
@@ -64,8 +68,8 @@ public:
 	unsigned int Bind(int texunit, bool needmipmap);
 	bool BindOrCreate(FTexture* tex, int texunit, int clampmode, int translation, int flags);
 
-	void AllocateBuffer(int w, int h, int texelsize) {} // Not used
-	uint8_t* MapBuffer() { return 0; }					// Not used
+	void AllocateBuffer(int w, int h, int texelsize);
+	uint8_t* MapBuffer();
 
 	unsigned int CreateTexture(unsigned char* buffer, int w, int h, int texunit, bool mipmap, const char* name);
 	unsigned int GetTextureHandle()
diff --git a/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_system.cpp b/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_system.cpp
index 5ad3a157db..a01b8b92ca 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_system.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rendering/gles/gles_system.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ static void* LoadGLES2Proc(const char* name)
 		{
 			glesLib = dlopen("libGLESv2.so", flags);
 		}
+		if(!glesLib)
+		{
+			glesLib = dlopen("libGLESv2.so.2", flags);
+		}
 	}
 
 	void * ret = NULL;
diff --git a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_builders.h b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_builders.h
index 657d913dce..434c5758f2 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_builders.h
+++ b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_builders.h
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ inline BufferBuilder::BufferBuilder()
 
 inline void BufferBuilder::setSize(size_t size)
 {
-	bufferInfo.size = size;
+	bufferInfo.size = std::max(size, (size_t)16);
 }
 
 inline void BufferBuilder::setUsage(VkBufferUsageFlags bufferUsage, VmaMemoryUsage memoryUsage, VmaAllocationCreateFlags allocFlags)
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/player/player.zs b/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/player/player.zs
index e63a5d7733..a3f94408f3 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/player/player.zs
+++ b/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/player/player.zs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class PlayerPawn : Actor
 			if (health > 0) Height = FullHeight;
 		}
 
-		if (bWeaponLevel2Ended)
+		if (player && bWeaponLevel2Ended)
 		{
 			bWeaponLevel2Ended = false;
 			if (player.ReadyWeapon != NULL && player.ReadyWeapon.bPowered_Up)