It's done!!! I compiled latest wine (1.1.24) and it seems that the problem is solved by itself, without the registry directinput key. I deleted the key and all is still fine. I imported the key into a Crossover bottle registry and it didn't fix the problem, as I found out running FA in that bottle. So it seems that the developers did something to the core itself. Thanx!!!! So your advice to compile the latest wine worked! Silly me :D