I'm having pretty much the same problem as described above. Colony is about 2 yrs old. Save game loads but the architect menu causes the game to freeze/lag. Other menus seem to work fine. I also cant edit mod settings (I get the same error log as per screenshot from Cantaloupe above).

While I haven't encountered any bugs or error messages, I can third the performance hit this mod seems to add to my current modlist. Removing this plus interaction bubbles with speak up bumped tps max from 80 to 120. Now, this isn't the biggest factor on the fps/tps in my modlist, but it's the easiest one to remove (can't really remove rimworld of magic mid playthrough :P)

I Used Dubs Performance Analyzer to come to the conclusion that this mod and music manager was causing massive lag in my game. Removing both has made rimworld playable again for me. I'm using UI not included now and don't regret it.

Removing the mod fixes it. Error when opening gifting window in world map:

Exception filling window for RimWorld.Dialog_Trade: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at VUIE.TradeMenuModule.GetTradeStoppingPoints (RimWorld.Tradeable trad) [0x0001f] in <d53b377af51e4e6a80c4960bd294fd9e>:0
at (wrapper dynamic-method) RimWorld.TradeUI.RimWorld.TradeUI.DrawTradeableRow_Patch0(UnityEngine.Rect,RimWorld.Tradeable,int)
at RimWorld.Dialog_Trade.FillMainRect (UnityEngine.Rect mainRect) [0x000c2] in <81af9f8a18324e17b286924a43555a7c>:0
at (wrapper dynamic-method) RimWorld.Dialog_Trade.RimWorld.Dialog_Trade.DoWindowContents_Patch1(RimWorld.Dialog_Trade,UnityEngine.Rect)
at Verse.Window.InnerWindowOnGUI (System.Int32 x) [0x001d3] in <81af9f8a18324e17b286924a43555a7c>:0
UnityEngine.StackTraceUtility:ExtractStackTrace ()
(wrapper dynamic-method) Verse.Log:Verse.Log.Error_Patch3 (string)
Verse.Window:InnerWindowOnGUI (int)
UnityEngine.GUI:CallWindowDelegate (UnityEngine.GUI/WindowFunction,int,int,UnityEngine.GUISkin,int,single,single,UnityEngine.GUIStyle)

Exception filling window for VUIE.Dialog_ArchitectDiff: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: source
at System.Linq.Enumerable.Select[TSource,TResult] (System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[T] source, System.Func`2[T,TResult] selector) [0x0000d] in <351e49e2a5bf4fd6beabb458ce2255f3>:0
at VUIE.ArchitectLoadSaver+<>c.<EnsureCached>b__5_0 (VUIE.ArchitectTabSaved tab) [0x00000] in <d53b377af51e4e6a80c4960bd294fd9e>:0
at System.Linq.Enumerable+SelectListIterator`2[TSource,TResult].ToList () [0x0002a] in <351e49e2a5bf4fd6beabb458ce2255f3>:0
at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource] (System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[T] source) [0x0001f] in <351e49e2a5bf4fd6beabb458ce2255f3>:0
at VUIE.ArchitectLoadSaver.EnsureCached (VUIE.ArchitectSaved saved) [0x0007c] in <d53b377af51e4e6a80c4960bd294fd9e>:0
at VUIE.Dialog_ArchitectDiff.DoWindowContents (UnityEngine.Rect inRect) [0x00222] in <d53b377af51e4e6a80c4960bd294fd9e>:0
at Verse.Window.InnerWindowOnGUI (System.Int32 x) [0x001d3] in <81af9f8a18324e17b286924a43555a7c>:0
UnityEngine.StackTraceUtility:ExtractStackTrace ()
(wrapper dynamic-method) Verse.Log:Verse.Log.Error_Patch1 (string)
Verse.Window:InnerWindowOnGUI (int)
UnityEngine.GUI:CallWindowDelegate (UnityEngine.GUI/WindowFunction,int,int,UnityEngine.GUISkin,int,single,single,UnityEngine.GUIStyle)