http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20271
--- Comment #8 from Marcel de Vries marceldevries@phannet.cc 2010-06-29 08:33:08 --- (In reply to comment #6)
Does this really still happen with current git? I'm having some trouble reproducing this. I do see a d3d9 object being created when I push the "Preferences" tab (and again when going to the "Video" preference group), but as far as I can tell it all works properly. For what it's worth, I used http://installers.wwiionline.com/wwiiol0001311.exe to install, and I'm running ww2.exe directly since I don't have an account for the game.
I'll test sometime this week.