Both applications do not load and can cause freezes or crash Steam entirely depending on the system configuration.

Software information

The Sims 2 HomeCrafter Plus (Lets you create custom content for the game.)
The Sims 2 Content Manager (Lets you manage and enable/disable custom content.)

System information

• Device: Steam Deck (256GB - LED)
• Proton version: 1733476477 Experimental-9.0-20241206
• DXVK version: v2.5.1-23-g027fe5963afdc81

The apps can cause Steam to crash completely, or on Steam Deck, cause a freeze which forces you to perform a hard reset, and I am unable to get an apitrace... I wanted to post an issue about these here first as I was unsure if the issue lies with Wine(Proton)/DXVK. I'm also posting this issue here in the event that a possible fix may fix some other apps or games having the same, if not similar issues.

Using wine directly, such as using the explorer from Protontricks to launch these apps, will result in the "D3DERR_INVALIDCALL" error.

Log files

Sims 2 Content Manager.log
Sims 2 Homecrafter Plus.log