http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32526
--- Comment #5 from GyB gyebro69@gmail.com 2012-12-23 14:47:42 CST --- (In reply to comment #4)
Created attachment 42918 [details] Possible hack to workarround the problem.
Please try the attached patch (on clean git).
Thanks, with the patch the game starts and can get past the videos. Native d3dx9_36 is still needed (black screen in the menu), but that's another issue. These are common in the terminal with the patch:
fixme:d3dx:D3DXGetShaderConstantTableEx Empty byte_code!