Life is Strange Double Exposure/Reunion Freezing after a Minute

Whenever I run Life is Strange: Double Exposure/Reunion using D3DMetal, the whole game freezes solid about a minute after launch. I have to pull up Activity Monitor to force quit the process.

What I’ve tried so far:

• Switching to DXMT: It stops the freezing, but the game becomes unplayable—broken shaders, tanked framerates, and just overall terrible visuals.
• The Basics: Cleared the cache, reinstalled the game, and nuked/recreated the bottle. No luck.
• Power Settings: Tested on battery vs. plugged in, and toggled Low Power/High Power modes.
• Engine Tweaks: Manually disabled Lumen and Ray Tracing in the Engine.ini.
• Display: Tried both the built-in display and an external 4K monitor.
• Window Modes: Switched between Fullscreen, Windowed, and Borderless on all quality presets (Low to Ultra).

Specs:

• Chip: M4 Max (48GB)
• OS: macOS Tahoe 15.4 (Assuming you meant 15.4 or a 2026 beta)
• CrossOver version: tried on both 26.0 and preview0323

Any workarounds or settings I should try?

Appreciate any help! Cheers.