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Fusion 13.5.0 and Sonoma 14.1 - no UI text in ANNO 1800 (ARM/x86)

ANNO 1800 don't display any text in the UI on VMware Fusion 13.5.0 on both ARM and x86 machines. Both system with macOS 14.1 as host.
When 3D acceleration disabled in the VM the text shows up (see my screenshots).
With 3D acceleration enabled with no UI text the game runs very very smooth - much nicer than in Parallels, but Parallels doesn't have any problem with displaying UI text.

I tried everything on ARM and x86, like:
- install all latest vcredists
- changing VM's RAM (16 GB, 24 GB and 32 GB)
- changing VM's VRAM (2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB)
- disable 3D - fixes the problem, but unplayable
- changing resolution (FHD to UHD and some between)
- manipulating the game's config file
- reinstalling the game and checksum the game data

I think it's a bug in VMware Fusion 13.5.0 with 3D acceleration.
Is this forum the right place to report bugs?

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