James, Thanks for the reply. I have tried with 1.1.8 as well and still have the same problem. Others have succeeded with 1.1.7 (which I have also tried) and have at least gotten in before it crashed. The link which you provided is not the one that seems to be used right now. http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=14322&iTestingId=32906 That's where I'm getting most of my info concerning this particular game. I was hoping this was more of a generic problem that concerned directx.