[next regression] When the character screen is bypassed via locking all but one characters and starting a new game, the game exhibits odd behaviour and crashes in OpenGL

The newly released Sonic Adventure DX port exhibits this issue best: https://mb.srb2.org/addons/sonic-adventure-dx.6442/

When starting a game on no save or an empty file, the game will crash in OpenGL mode. If you continue in Software mode, you'll notice several warnings in the console:

You'll also have a bot clone of Sonic following you when he shouldn't be: