https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57109
--- Comment #12 from Daniel daniel@gluo.nz --- Okay so I have a hypothesis, when there's no config file Max launches in a safe mode, when it launches with the config file it reads the config file and sets that setting causing it to lock up, we just have to figure out what setting it is.
It is also worth noting that Max 8.5 seems to work (atleast partially) and Max 8.5 introduced the GL Core engine, but v8.6 doesn't work and introduced a theming system which might be also causing issues. That might narrow it down.