http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17109
--- Comment #26 from Daniël Mantione daniel.mantione@freepascal.org 2009-02-05 13:54:31 --- I can confirm the patch allows Galactic Civilizations II to start. The game refuses its activation information from Wine 1.0, however, after entering my e-mail address and serial number, the game manages to activate itself and starts. Well done!
Unfortunately, the game is still rather unstable and crashes when trying to set up a new game.