http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17797
--- Comment #14 from Vitaliy Margolen vitaliy@kievinfo.com 2009-03-21 02:35:06 --- Make sure you starting it with the bat file indicated in the link. Or copying the exact command from it (you might need to quote each parameter individually):
wine xr_3da.exe -nocache -ltx user_koan.ltx -external -start "server(all/single/alife)" "client(localhost)"