Workaround to null reference exceptions in Character.WriteStatus: it seems AnimController can be null when reading the message, which suggests that the character has been removed (e.g. turned to a husk, eaten by something).

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Characters/Character.cs

@@ -21,11 +21,18 @@ namespace Barotrauma
         {
             get
             {
-                return enabled;
+                return enabled && !Removed;
             }
             set
             {
                 if (value == enabled) return;
+
+                if (Removed)
+                {
+                    enabled = false;
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 enabled = value;
 
                 foreach (Limb limb in AnimController.Limbs)
@@ -980,7 +987,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
         public bool CanInteractWith(Character c, float maxDist = 200.0f)
         {
-            if (c == this || !c.enabled || c.info == null || !c.IsHumanoid || !c.CanBeSelected) return false;
+            if (c == this || !c.Enabled || c.info == null || !c.IsHumanoid || !c.CanBeSelected) return false;
 
             maxDist = ConvertUnits.ToSimUnits(maxDist);
             if (Vector2.DistanceSquared(SimPosition, c.SimPosition) > maxDist * maxDist) return false;

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Characters/CharacterNetworking.cs

@@ -474,6 +474,14 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             if (isDead)
             {
                 msg.Write((byte)causeOfDeath);
+
+                if (AnimController?.LimbJoints == null)
+                {
+                    //0 limbs severed
+                    msg.Write((byte)0);
+                }
+                else
+                {
                     List<int> severedJointIndices = new List<int>();
                     for (int i = 0; i < AnimController.LimbJoints.Length; i++)
                     {
@@ -488,6 +496,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                         msg.Write((byte)jointIndex);
                     }
                 }
+            }
             else
             {
                 msg.WriteRangedSingle(health, minHealth, maxHealth, 8);