Game crash when hiring someone in Rites of Passage

Game crashes when clicking on the second portrait:

C:\GOG Games\Might and Magic 8\Scripts/Core/RSMem.lua:1472: array index (4) out of bounds [0, 3]

stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	C:\GOG Games\Might and Magic 8\Scripts/Core/RSMem.lua:1429: in function '__index'
	C:\GOG Games\Might and Magic 8\Scripts/Core/RSMem.lua:1472: in function '__index'
	... Magic 8\Scripts\Structs\After\LocalizationAndQuests.lua:736: in function 'UpdatePlayer'
	... Magic 8\Scripts\Structs\After\LocalizationAndQuests.lua:750: in function 'UpdateCurrentQuests'
	... Magic 8\Scripts\Structs\After\LocalizationAndQuests.lua:810: in function 'v'
	C:\GOG Games\Might and Magic 8\Scripts/Core/EventsList.lua:101: in function <C:\GOG Games\Might and Magic 8\Scripts/Core/EventsList.lua:96>

arguments of '__index':
	t = (table: 0x177f31f8)
	a = 4
	v = nil

local variables of '__index':
	aorig = 4
	a1 = 4
	n = 4

upvalues of '__index':
	ptr = nil
	u4 = (table: 0x02807c48)
	GetPtr = (function: 0x028cd0f0)
	obj = (table: 0x02aa9540)
	o = 12044876
	assertnum = (function: 0x028cef70)
	error = (function: 0x027afbc8)
	type = (function: builtin#3)
	SetLen = (function: 0x02d37f68)
	low = 0
	GetLen = (function: 0x02d37ec0)
	lenP = 12044896
	lenA = (table: 0x02842ff0)
	size = 4
	count = 5
	_index = nil
	_newindex = nil
	tonumber = (function: builtin#17)
	beyondLen = nil
	f = (function: 0x02d37b90)
	format = (function: builtin#91)
	sOutOfBounds = "array index (%s) out of bounds [%s, %s]"
	tostring = (function: builtin#18)
	tostring2 = (function: 0x028cf6b8)