https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38668
--- Comment #8 from Adam Bolte abolte@systemsaviour.com --- There does not appear any game argument or setting to disable audio, and the game won't load without xaudo2_7, so I recompiled 1.7.44 with the xaudio2_7 stub from #26808 and have not been able to reproduce any crashes since.
Obviously not having sound is kinda annoying, but still better than crashes every few minutes. :)