diff --git a/src/p_saveg.cpp b/src/p_saveg.cpp
index c4db4efa2..834945f48 100644
--- a/src/p_saveg.cpp
+++ b/src/p_saveg.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ static void CopyPlayer (player_t *dst, player_t *src, const char *name)
 	bool usedown = dst->usedown;
 
 	
-	dst->~player_t();	// ensure that the userinfo in dst does not contain anything before copying everything over.
 	*dst = *src;		// To avoid memory leaks at this point the userinfo in src must be empty which is taken care of by the TransferFrom call above.
 
 	dst->cheats |= chasecam;
diff --git a/src/r_utility.cpp b/src/r_utility.cpp
index b5382ccad..0b51578ed 100644
--- a/src/r_utility.cpp
+++ b/src/r_utility.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 extern bool DrawFSHUD;		// [RH] Defined in d_main.cpp
 EXTERN_CVAR (Bool, cl_capfps)
 
+extern lighttable_t*	fixedcolormap;
+extern FSpecialColormap*realfixedcolormap;
+
 // TYPES -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 struct InterpolationViewer
@@ -1005,6 +1008,11 @@ void FCanvasTextureInfo::UpdateAll ()
 {
 	FCanvasTextureInfo *probe;
 
+	// curse Doom's overuse of global variables in the renderer.
+	// These get clobbered by rendering to a camera texture but they need to be preserved so the final rendering can be done with the correct palette.
+	unsigned char *savecolormap = fixedcolormap;
+	FSpecialColormap *savecm = realfixedcolormap;
+
 	for (probe = List; probe != NULL; probe = probe->Next)
 	{
 		if (probe->Viewpoint != NULL && probe->Texture->bNeedsUpdate)
@@ -1012,6 +1020,9 @@ void FCanvasTextureInfo::UpdateAll ()
 			Renderer->RenderTextureView(probe->Texture, probe->Viewpoint, probe->FOV);
 		}
 	}
+
+	fixedcolormap = savecolormap;
+	realfixedcolormap = savecm;
 }
 
 //==========================================================================