Hi dimesio. Thanks for the info!! -I have disabled through synaptic the pulse audio , the game boot in safe mode, no sound.It was playable but i forgot to change the gamepad settings so i couldn't play..Quited the current game, and selected start a new game and then POP crashed. -When the suggested audio driver is selected , the game boots in normal mode for once , you can play normally, for one game play, but if you quit or "loose" you will reboot only in "safe mode" and eventually the game will crash. I tried also with regedit to edit the keys in the registry with the help of wiki wine hq, but with no luck. I am confident that it is something in the wine settings that prevents the game from playing.When i use wine to install the game in the first place , the installation goes ok, all items required by the game (mem, sound, etc, processor etc) are marked by a green "tick" in the relevant window of PoP. And then you can play only once and that;s it .After that the game crashes. I am REALLY running out of ideas. I seriously consider a dual boot with windows, that definately will solve the matter. The thing is that i don't want windows anymore.. i love my linux. THANKS FOR YOUR INFO