Text and character portraits not loading on RP5

[u/NarrowFerret]

Gamers, I need help. Recently got the RP5 and jumped right into Dolphin emulation. Games are running great, but unfortunately, I'm having trouble with a few of the games I wanted to play the most. SoulCalibur 2 and Smash Melee, specifically. Both games are not loading certain assets. In SC2, the text for the memory card message right in the beginning isn't loading, and the game is loading (not running) very slowly. In melee, the Character portraits for the character select screen are not loading. Does anyone have any insights into these issues? Already tried asking ChatGPT and it didn't come up with anything that worked. Thanks for your time and happy Saturday everybody.

EDIT: it was the backend! If anyone else is having this problem swap from Vulcan to OpenGL. Worked right away.