https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45443
--- Comment #14 from Maciej Stanczew maciej.stanczew+b@gmail.com --- About the original issue, X softlock on 32-bit client: for me it's fixed as of Wine 5.9. With 5.8 I get a softlock with the last log being "0128:fixme:avrt:AvSetMmThreadCharacteristicsW (L"Audio",0EF6FF1C): stub" and with 5.9 I'm able to successfully launch the game.
Situation with 64-bit client is more complicated, but I think it should be treated as a separate issue (or: issues). I'll be posting any relevant info in bug #49436.