http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9022
--- Comment #11 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com 2008-02-16 16:30:53 --- (In reply to comment #10)
Figured it out a little while ago. Turns out data downloaded from Army servers is cryptographically signed, and it'd seem that AA locks up when something goes wrong.
I've found that if this particular lockup occurs (during news updates, game updates, or in-game non-PunkBuster downloads), it can be worked around by deleting System/AA.key. The game will recreate it on the next run, and it'll work (at least until this problem shows itself again).
Should this bug be closed?
Does it do the same on windows? If not, then this is a wine bug.