https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56221
--- Comment #3 from joaopa jeremielapuree@yahoo.fr --- To try to find the bug, it is more useful to test in a fresh wineprefix to avpid competiton between softwares. So try that at first.
if the bug still occurs in a fresh wineprefix, try the demo always in a fresh winerepfix. If the bug appears in the demo, someone else can test and help
https://download.cnet.com/civilization-iv-demo/3000-2119_4-10465206.html
and start the software in the canoicl way: cd in the folder of the application and launch the application with the command cd myappli.exe.