Apparently I fixed the err:ntlm:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found issue, using: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-652090.html by setting video memory using regedit. Furthermore, I did some more googling, and found this thread: http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=9160&sid=0a460c55725619ce041996a834374480 , which suggest that the issue with the openGL error was lack of 32 bit openGL. So, i installed the relevant package, and this fixed it. As, the games still won't launch successfully; this leaves me with the rather cryptic error messages: Code: err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} not registered err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {77f10cf0-3db5-4966-b520-b7c54fd35ed6} could be created for context 0x1 ... Assert( Assertion Failed: bRet ):.\hardware_win32.cpp:583 ... err:ole:RevokeDragDrop invalid hwnd (nil) err:ole:RevokeDragDrop invalid hwnd 0x10124 ... err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x156e554 "?" wait timed out in thread 0020, ... err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000005 flags 0 addr 0x739086c0 My best guess is that something is still going wrong in terms of 32/64 bit... , as this thread suggests: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.wine.user/69596 ; however, Civ V is still not work, and i think it is a 64 bit game... Anyone have any idea what these mean?