http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10731
--- Comment #9 from Marko Schulz harleen@gmx.de 2008-04-11 17:08:18 --- Europa Universalis III also has this problem (using wine 0.9.59). When the loading screen says "loading sounds" it will consume all memory and eventually crash. Disabling Audio for the game allows it to load.