http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3930
--- Comment #54 from Jörg Höhle hoehle@users.sourceforge.net 2012-12-12 09:45:14 CST --- Certainly still applies. The "winmm call from within winmm callback" makes this an issue that'll not get resolved by chance.
The workaround by turning sound off in winecfg by unchecking alsa seems to be gone in recent wines.
Wylda, what do you mean? - winecfg does not have that checkbox anymore, so that you don't know what GUI could bt used to turn sound off? - HoMM does not work anymore when sound is turned off in Wine (however that is achieved, e.g. registry or WINEDLLOVERRIDES)? If the latter, please file a distinct regression bug.