molex

I am experiencing this bug. I hired Aldwyn (He remained in brothel post conversation) I opened stronghold (H) and hired him while in brothel and him still present. I returned to stronghold and went to visit Aldwyn in sleeping quarters. The conversation is identical to brothel conversation, I choose to pay $400 and the screen goes black. I am still within the game, I can view hypertext from passing over text boxes such as; option, stronghold, journal, etc.. I can here the "ESC" button when pressing it but can't see anything. I can still see my cursor moving about the screen or the cursor for "no movement" when moving over what must be walls or other obstructions. At this point I must restart the game. I reloaded an earlier save and initiated the process several times. The same outcome occurs every time with choosing combinations of dialog prior and post the hiring process. I am unable to upload or connect any files for developer, too confusing to understand the steps, I did read them and gave it the old college try. QUESTIONS: Is this a current issue with the game or a current issue with my version of the game? Should I just ignore the option to hire those NPC's? The date is April 17th, 2017 (since everything else seems to be older) Any advice is welcomed, Thank you.