http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15112
--- Comment #6 from Matt matt@explodicide.com 2008-09-21 12:00:14 --- Forgot to mention this in previous posts. This is happening after the game launches and takes over the screen. The screen goes black, the desktop resolution changes to fit the game, and then it crashed back to desktop, leaving the resolution the same.
If the game doesn't launch, like say if some of the config files are missing, the game console will launch to report the error, and do so without crashing with a Wine related error. It's only if the full game engine tries to launch and go fullscreen.