http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31673
--- Comment #2 from thanoulas thanoulas@gmail.com 2012-10-18 17:37:35 CDT --- (In reply to comment #1)
Created attachment 42184 [details] hack/fix
Changing component to advapi, it's a services related problem. The service process ends just after starting. Wine's implementation of StartServiceCtrlDispatcherA ends when service thread ends. It doesn't work this way on windows.
Attaching a hack that lets the game updater work and hopefully shows where the problem is.
Thank you, it does the trick. The game connected to the service, the service updated the game, but it could update itself (threw an exception). This doesn't seem to affect the game though, as the game can now download cars and tracks and start a game!
I'll probably have to create another bug report for the exception, it seems unrelated to the service. Many thanks again!