From 7c0cb8ce68667e7fe942bc349696946597cfc127 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "seer-by-sentry[bot]"
 <157164994+seer-by-sentry[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:04:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: null-guard Add_Engine_Ref for vertex/index buffers

---
 Core/Libraries/Source/WWVegas/WW3D2/dx8wrapper.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Core/Libraries/Source/WWVegas/WW3D2/dx8wrapper.cpp b/Core/Libraries/Source/WWVegas/WW3D2/dx8wrapper.cpp
index 77774ddd664..e69f584cb10 100644
--- a/Core/Libraries/Source/WWVegas/WW3D2/dx8wrapper.cpp
+++ b/Core/Libraries/Source/WWVegas/WW3D2/dx8wrapper.cpp
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ void DX8Wrapper::Set_Vertex_Buffer(const DynamicVBAccessClass& vba_)
 	render_state.vba_offset = vba.VertexBufferOffset;
 	render_state.vba_count = vba.Get_Vertex_Count();
 	REF_PTR_SET(render_state.vertex_buffers[0], vba.VertexBuffer);
-	render_state.vertex_buffers[0]->Add_Engine_Ref();
+	if (render_state.vertex_buffers[0]) render_state.vertex_buffers[0]->Add_Engine_Ref();
 	render_state_changed |= VERTEX_BUFFER_CHANGED;
 	render_state_changed |= INDEX_BUFFER_CHANGED;		// vba_offset changes so index buffer needs to be reset as well.
 }
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ void DX8Wrapper::Set_Index_Buffer(const DynamicIBAccessClass& iba_, unsigned sho
 	render_state.index_buffer_type = iba.Get_Type();
 	render_state.iba_offset = iba.IndexBufferOffset;
 	REF_PTR_SET(render_state.index_buffer, iba.IndexBuffer);
-	render_state.index_buffer->Add_Engine_Ref();
+	if (render_state.index_buffer) render_state.index_buffer->Add_Engine_Ref();
 	render_state_changed |= INDEX_BUFFER_CHANGED;
 }