diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanMemory.cpp b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanMemory.cpp
index b4f1837729..eba7476190 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanMemory.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanMemory.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ VulkanPushPool::Block VulkanPushPool::CreateBlock(size_t size) {
 	VmaAllocationInfo allocInfo{};
 	
 	VkResult result = vmaCreateBuffer(vulkan_->Allocator(), &b, &allocCreateInfo, &block.buffer, &block.allocation, &allocInfo);
-	_assert_(result == VK_SUCCESS);
+
+	_assert_msg_(result == VK_SUCCESS, "VulkanPushPool: Failed to create buffer (result = %s, size = %d)", VulkanResultToString(result), (int)size);
 
 	result = vmaMapMemory(vulkan_->Allocator(), block.allocation, (void **)(&block.writePtr));
 
diff --git a/Common/UI/PopupScreens.h b/Common/UI/PopupScreens.h
index 73d130eda8..f7f781b531 100644
--- a/Common/UI/PopupScreens.h
+++ b/Common/UI/PopupScreens.h
@@ -427,7 +427,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	std::string *value_;
-	BrowseFileType fileType_;
 	RequesterToken token_;
 };
 
diff --git a/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderCommon.cpp
index b7eb2ca315..9885aa0069 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/VertexDecoderCommon.cpp
@@ -1313,9 +1313,7 @@ void VertexDecoder::SetVertexType(u32 fmt, const VertexDecoderOptions &options,
 		// Can skip looking up in the JIT.
 		jitted_ = &VtxDec_Tu8_C5551_Ps16;
 		return;
-	}
-	// Fails to update alphaFull properly.
-	else if (!options.expand8BitNormalsToFloat && fmtWithoutSkinFlag == (GE_VTYPE_TC_16BIT | GE_VTYPE_NRM_8BIT | GE_VTYPE_COL_8888 | GE_VTYPE_POS_FLOAT)) {
+	} else if (!options.expand8BitNormalsToFloat && fmtWithoutSkinFlag == (GE_VTYPE_TC_16BIT | GE_VTYPE_NRM_8BIT | GE_VTYPE_COL_8888 | GE_VTYPE_POS_FLOAT)) {
 		jitted_ = &VtxDec_Tu16_C8888_Pfloat;
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/UI/DisplayLayoutScreen.cpp b/UI/DisplayLayoutScreen.cpp
index 261bbe29b9..f6a4717f57 100644
--- a/UI/DisplayLayoutScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/DisplayLayoutScreen.cpp
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ void DisplayLayoutScreen::CreateViews() {
 						value = setting.value;
 
 					if (duplicated) {
-						auto sliderName = StringFromFormat("%s %s", ps->T(setting.name), ps->T("(duplicated setting, previous slider will be used)"));
+						auto sliderName = StringFromFormat("%s %s", ps->T_cstr(setting.name.c_str()), ps->T_cstr("(duplicated setting, previous slider will be used)"));
 						PopupSliderChoiceFloat *settingValue = settingContainer->Add(new PopupSliderChoiceFloat(&value, setting.minValue, setting.maxValue, setting.value, sliderName, setting.step, screenManager()));
 						settingValue->SetEnabled(false);
 					} else {
diff --git a/UI/NativeApp.cpp b/UI/NativeApp.cpp
index a693157d0a..4c035ca6b6 100644
--- a/UI/NativeApp.cpp
+++ b/UI/NativeApp.cpp
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ bool HandleGlobalMessage(UIMessage message, const std::string &value) {
 		return true;
 	} else if (message == UIMessage::SAVESTATE_DISPLAY_SLOT) {
 		auto sy = GetI18NCategory(I18NCat::SYSTEM);
-		std::string msg = StringFromFormat("%s: %d", std::string(sy->T("Savestate Slot")).c_str(), SaveState::GetCurrentSlot() + 1);
+		std::string msg = StringFromFormat("%s: %d", sy->T_cstr("Savestate Slot"), SaveState::GetCurrentSlot() + 1);
 		// Show for the same duration as the preview.
 		g_OSD.Show(OSDType::MESSAGE_INFO, msg, 2.0f, "savestate_slot");
 		return true;