i hope this works

entry.cpp

@@ -17,3 +17,39 @@ namespace {
     // to make sure the instance is set into the sharedMod<> in load time
     static auto mod = geode::getMod();
 }
+
+#if defined(_DEBUG) && defined(GEODE_IS_WINDOWS)
+
+// This bypasses any of the heap validation measures that are injected when compiling in Debug.
+// Without these, the game will very likely crash when the mod tries to free memory allocated by the game (or another non-debug mod).
+
+static inline void* relallocthrow(size_t size) {
+    // void* p;
+    // while ((p = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, size)) == 0) {
+    //     if (_callnewh(size) == 0) {
+    //         static const std::bad_alloc exc;
+    //         throw exc;
+    //     }
+    // }
+
+    return geode::stl::operatorNew(size);
+}
+
+static inline void relfree(void* block) {
+    // HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, block);
+    geode::stl::operatorDelete(block);
+}
+
+void* operator new(size_t size) {
+    return relallocthrow(size);
+}
+
+void* operator new[](size_t size) {
+    return relallocthrow(size);
+}
+
+void operator delete(void* block) noexcept {
+    relfree(block);
+}
+
+#endif

loader/src/loader/ModImpl.cpp

@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ Result<> Mod::Impl::setup() {
     }
     if (!m_resourcesLoaded) {
         auto searchPathRoot = dirs::getModRuntimeDir() / m_metadata.getID() / "resources";
-        // TODO: i think this crashes for some people
-        // CCFileUtils::get()->addSearchPath(searchPathRoot.string().c_str());
+        CCFileUtils::get()->addSearchPath(searchPathRoot.string().c_str());
 
         const auto binariesDir = searchPathRoot / m_metadata.getID() / "binaries" / PlatformID::toShortString(GEODE_PLATFORM_TARGET);
         if (ghc::filesystem::exists(binariesDir))