Sevarai wrote: > 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. > > I missed the 1.0 link. Looks like you will need a customized Wine in order to run this game. Hopefully, the proposed patch will be sent in an incorporated into Wine. This does not appear to be a DirectX problem, but it could be. James McKenzie