Unable to run on Parallels Desktop (Win11 Arm64 VM) or MacOs with CrossOver

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I'm trying to get SMF to run on MacOs to mod my steam install of Hitman (Windows Version not recent MacOS release)

To bypass #874 I copied the latest release build to my hitman folder (which is on an external drive) next to retail/runtime.

When I try to start Mod Manager using Crossover (with the same bottle as my steam/hitman install) only a blank window is showing:

Based on this reddit thread i then tried a windows vm using parallels desktop.

Both with retail/runtime in the config.json set to the default paths and edited to point to the absolute paths mod manager.exe instantly crashes:

smf.mp4

The eventlog shows the following error:

Faulting application name: Mod Manager.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x651560bd
Faulting module name: Mod Manager.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x651560bd
Exception code: 0x80000003
Fault offset: 0x00000000019ba1e9
Faulting process id: 0x1B98
Faulting application start time: 0x1DCA9E64FC79C4A
Faulting application path: \\Mac\Bunker\SteamLibrary_Win\steamapps\common\HITMAN 3\SMF\Mod Manager\Mod Manager.exe
Faulting module path: \\Mac\Bunker\SteamLibrary_Win\steamapps\common\HITMAN 3\SMF\Mod Manager\Mod Manager.exe
Report Id: 2e616d18-66db-4b35-87fb-4b4fad86af20
Faulting package full name: 

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Application Error" Guid="{a0e9b465-b939-57d7-b27d-95d8e925ff57}" /> 
  <EventID>1000</EventID> 
  <Version>0</Version> 
  <Level>2</Level> 
  <Task>100</Task> 
  <Opcode>0</Opcode> 
  <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords> 
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-03-02T01:45:57.1903564Z" /> 
  <EventRecordID>255</EventRecordID> 
  <Correlation /> 
  <Execution ProcessID="7392" ThreadID="2200" /> 
  <Channel>Application</Channel> 
  <Computer>REDACTED</Computer> 
  <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-1573860457-268604684-3802197320-1000" /> 
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data Name="AppName">Mod Manager.exe</Data> 
  <Data Name="AppVersion">1.0.0.0</Data> 
  <Data Name="AppTimeStamp">651560bd</Data> 
  <Data Name="ModuleName">Mod Manager.exe</Data> 
  <Data Name="ModuleVersion">1.0.0.0</Data> 
  <Data Name="ModuleTimeStamp">651560bd</Data> 
  <Data Name="ExceptionCode">80000003</Data> 
  <Data Name="FaultingOffset">00000000019ba1e9</Data> 
  <Data Name="ProcessId">0x1b98</Data> 
  <Data Name="ProcessCreationTime">0x1dca9e64fc79c4a</Data> 
  <Data Name="AppPath">\\Mac\Bunker\SteamLibrary_Win\steamapps\common\HITMAN 3\SMF\Mod Manager\Mod Manager.exe</Data> 
  <Data Name="ModulePath">\\Mac\Bunker\SteamLibrary_Win\steamapps\common\HITMAN 3\SMF\Mod Manager\Mod Manager.exe</Data> 
  <Data Name="IntegratorReportId">2e616d18-66db-4b35-87fb-4b4fad86af20</Data> 
  <Data Name="PackageFullName" /> 
  <Data Name="PackageRelativeAppId" /> 
  </EventData>
  </Event>