[Bug 38296] New: Ion Assault (Steam) crashes before the main menu (Windows Media Player needs to be installed)

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38296

Bug ID: 38296
           Summary: Ion Assault (Steam) crashes before the main menu
                    (Windows Media Player needs to be installed)
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.7.39
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: wmp&wmvcore
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 51128
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=51128
terminal output

The splash screen is shown and music begins to play when I start the game, but
the game crashes before the main menu pops up.
Installing WMP10 is a workaround.

The game used to get to the main menu without WMP10 installed, but animations
in the menu were missing. The crash is present since commit
069406fe94a41752b4f739b24049b395e3c5a7b3

wine-1.7.39-144-g4eedf6a