http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15418
--- Comment #11 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com 2013-03-05 21:10:59 CST --- Using http://www.joystiq.com/game/the-suffering/download/the-suffering-full-free-g...
fails to start: austin@aw25 ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Midway Home Entertainment/The Suffering $ wine Suffering.exe fixme:secur32:schan_QueryCredentialsAttributes SECPKG_ATTR_CIPHER_STRENGTHS: semi-stub PrintInfo: DNSResolverWinsock::CheckResolve -> Resolve comstatus.doublefusion.com completed in 0.01 secs fixme:winsock:WSACancelAsyncRequest (0xdeae),stub err:seh:setup_exception_record stack overflow 1200 bytes in thread 0029 eip 7ebce39c esp 00240e80 stack 0x240000-0x241000-0x340000
may be Softwrap: [!] SoftWrap detected ! [!] Possible License Protection String -> License Activation
a +relay shows no wmv calls before the crash (and just in case, winetricks wmp9 beforehand didn't help either).
@Steve, is the free, ad-supported version you had still available for download somewhere?