http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14140
--- Comment #11 from Rosanne DiMesio dimesio@earthlink.net 2012-02-12 21:57:39 CST --- I found two installers for download, one from www.planetcalypso.com (calypso.exe) and the other from www.entropiauniverse.com (euweb.exe). Both insist on updating vcrun2005 (even if it's already been installed with winetricks), then download the real installer, currently entropia_universe_setup_12.4.3.92118.exe.
As for whether this is fixed, the installer doesn't hang, but it will crash sometimes after installing vcrun2005, and I can't find any consistent reason why, or any solution other than to keep trying until it works. Tested in 1.4-rc3.