http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8602
------- Additional Comments From xerox_xerox2000@yahoo.co.uk 2007-04-06 16:48 -------
you could try to sort this out using native components. The usual suspects: "mshtml", "urlmon" and the like.
I had same problem with Fish Fillets 2, unfortunately setting native dlls (shdocvw,shlwapi,urlmon and mshtml in all different combinations) doesn't work. The only work around is install ies4linux (don't shoot me for this!), and run the game by WINEPREFIX=~/.ies4linux/ie6 wine app_name.exe.
It's really a pity that we have to use workarounds like this, as there are many demo's/games that work perfectly well, except they fail to display the first html-page , with which you have to start the game. Hope we could see some progress here ... (e.g. all demo's from Gamehouse fail this way)