Hi, I used okitsme's Workstation files on page 7 (oktisme » 16 Jun 2016 11:33). Converted the vm with VMware standalone converter. I used hardware version 10 and changed the nic to 1000e before converting.
No install, booted straight away with the run option, has been working since.
There's a ready made one from haydibe I didn't notice until now, might be a more straightforward way, also on page 7.
I'm using that on my ESXi and it's working OK.