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I also had the glitch that caused the game to crash every time the cellphone was about to be highlighted in the menu. It would always crash right as I pressed the arrow key to move up/down to the cellphone. Dragging a different item past the cellphone was the only way I could get to the rest of...
For me it was every time my cursor was about to light up the cell phone in the key items list. Quick fix for me was just to drag an item from somewhere near the bottom of the list to anywhere above the bugged item. Then you should be able to select anything above the bugged item.
Love love love this hack! Story had me so engrossed and I had a blast seeing Red's timeline, which I'd grown up with, from a Rocket's POV. Awesome to hear you're working on a final version and can't wait to play!