http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29700
--- Comment #3 from pclaves@web.de 2012-01-26 18:51:00 CST --- So here is what i got from testing so far. It took longer than expected because i decided to test on multiple machines.
Ubuntu 10.04 i386, Intel P4 GeforeFX 5900, Nvidia 173 wine 1.0.1 (ubuntu repos): Perfect wine 1.2.2 (ubuntu repos): Game Crashes ("encountered internal error") wine 1.3.37 (ppa): Perfect
Archlinux amd64, Atom+Nvidia ION, Nvidia 290.10 wine 1.3.37: Perfect
Archlinux amd64, Core2Duo Radeon HD2600, radeon 6.14.3 / lib32-mesa 7.11.2 wine 1.0.1 does not compile wine 1.2.2: Games work, symptomes of Bug 14438 show. wine 1.3.31: Shows bug specified here wine 1.3.37: Shows bug specified here
Archlinux i686, Atom+945GME (!), intel 2.17.0 / mesa 7.11.2 wine 1.3.37: Perfect
So it seems there both a wine version as well as a graphics driver relation as only the radeon machine is affected but this specific bug only shows in new wine versions.
I am kind of unsure how to continue testing given that its not only a wine problem but a combination of factors.