Sonic Adventure 2 Crashes When Mod Loader is Installed

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Describe the bug
When the Mod Loader is installed, the game crashes. When I uninstall the Mod Loader, the game works just fine. When I "Install Mod Loader," then click "save and play," the game will boot, show the Sega/Sonic Team logo, then will crash after spending approximately 1 second on the Omochao "Now Loading" screen. This happens no matter what configurations I have tried.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1.) Launch SA Mod Manager (in Administrator Mode)
2.) Click "Save and Play" (both with mods installed and without mods installed)
3.) Game boots; displays Sega and Sonic Team logos, then crashes on the Omochao "now loading" screen

If i click the "uninstall mod loader" option, then click "save and play" then the game will boot fine.

Expected behavior
The Mod Manager launches SA2 with mods installed

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• Version: 22H2 (OS Build 19045.5131)

Additional context

• yes, I have all the Visual Basic Redistributables installed
• yes, I have .Net framework 8 installed
• yes, I am using the latest version of SA Mod Manager
• yes, I am launching in borderless fullscreen mode
• yes, I have tried every "screen mode" option
• yes, I have set sonic2app.exe to always run in admininstrator mode, I have tried running it in compatibility mode for multiple versions of Windows
• yes, the game directory is set not to be read only; yes, I gave all application packages "full control" permission for all files/folders within the install directory
• yes, I downloaded DXVK and dropped the d3d9.dll into the game directory, still crashes as long as the mod loader is installed
• yes, I have uninstalled Sonic Adventure 2 (using the installer), made sure everything was deleted before reinstalling
• yes, I have re-selected the game directory to get the mod loader to reinstall itself multiple times
• yes, I have deleted all of the SA Mod Manager files from my Local Appdata folder and re-configured the manager and re-selected the game directory after doing so
• yes, I tried moving the SA Mod Manager exe into the Sonic Adventure 2 directory
• yes, I have tried different resolutions, different screen modes, checking the "skip intro" box, unchecking all the patches, checking all the patches
• yes, I have tried launching with mods installed, and without mods installed. As long as the mod loader is installed, the game crashes