Cannot run Unreal Engine 5.6.1 (or any version!)

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by MichaelM157, Feb 3, 2026 at 6:41 AM.

  1. MichaelM157

    MichaelM157

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    I have an M2 Max Macbook Pro with 64GB of memory running a Parallels Windows 11 VM.
    Unreal Engine 5 continually crashes when I load the editor, before I can even create a project.

    I have made some progress by running the editor from the command line and specifying -d3d11 as a parameter.
    This avoids the first crash as UE tries to set up DirectX 12, which Parallels doesn't support.

    Now, I get:
    Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x000000aa7231ce
    UnreaEditor_RHI
    UnreaEditor_RHI
    UnrealEditor_D3D11RHI
    [
    and so on]
    Anyone have any idea of what I need to do to get Unreal Engine 5 to run within my VM?
    Does the VM need any special hardware settings? Any other settings?

    Any help with this would be appreciated!
     

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