Dialogue options softlocks game in RTG

During Road to Glory, a "College Exam" prompt appears (icon shows a graduation cap/books on a blue background), but the screen underneath is completely blank — no questions, no answer choices, nothing rendered. The bottom of the screen shows "Select" and "Select Answers" prompts, but there is nothing on screen to select. The game is fully unresponsive — no keyboard or mouse input does anything. The only way out is to force-quit with Alt+F4.

Because the save auto-saves into this state, I can no longer continue this Road to Glory save at all — it just puts me right back on this same blank screen every time I reload.

Happened twice now on this exact "College Exam" screen. I've also had what seems like a similar softlock once before on a dialogue-choice screen (blank screen, no options, had to force-quit), though I'm not sure what triggered that one. So this might be a broader issue with option/choice screens not loading rather than something specific to exams.

I attached a screenshot of the applied mods if that's the cause