From 33acdb079249166e4d244a388f6de119b1e11fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "seer-by-sentry[bot]"
 <157164994+seer-by-sentry[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:35:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix(loadscreen): Prevent null pointer dereference when
 accessing game slot

---
 Core/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/GUI/LoadScreen.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/GUI/LoadScreen.cpp b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/GUI/LoadScreen.cpp
index 929082397cc..a374446736b 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/GUI/LoadScreen.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/GUI/LoadScreen.cpp
@@ -1986,7 +1986,8 @@ void MapTransferLoadScreen::init( GameInfo *game )
 		GadgetStaticTextSetText(m_progressText[netSlot], UnicodeString::TheEmptyString );
 		m_progressText[netSlot]->winSetEnabledTextColors(houseColor, m_progressText[netSlot]->winGetEnabledTextBorderColor());
 
-		if ((i == 0 || (TheGameInfo->getConstSlot(i)->isHuman() && TheGameInfo->getConstSlot(i)->hasMap())) && m_progressBars[netSlot])
+		const GameSlot *gameInfoSlot = TheGameInfo->getConstSlot(i);
+		if ((i == 0 || (gameInfoSlot && gameInfoSlot->isHuman() && gameInfoSlot->hasMap())) && m_progressBars[netSlot])
 			m_progressBars[netSlot]->winHide(TRUE);
 
 		m_playerLookup[i] = netSlot; // save our mapping so we can update progress correctly