I know that this thread is probably dead, but I wanted to share how I fixed this problem, because I didn't see it anywhere on the internet. Basically the problem was laying where I least expected it, it was the operating system. In the end I changed it to
photon os, and everything magically worked. The thing is that Photon OS is created by VMware, and it is more optimized for using VMware, hence it fixed the problem for me. I know that this fix might not work for everyone, but I will leave it here in case anyone has the same problem, and you won't have to search how to repair it for weeks like I did.