https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51077
--- Comment #6 from firlaevhans.fiete@protonmail.com --- (In reply to Alexandre Julliard from comment #5)
Stupid app apparently doesn't allow negative timestamps. Does it run on a recent Windows? They have hashed timestamps too nowadays.
I'm pretty sure I ran this game just fine without modifications on Windows 10 before but now that you're saying it I do seem to remember that some people had problems running the game on Win10. I don't currently have a machine running Windows 10 to test though.
I totally forgot about this but apparently there's a patched version that works on Windows 10. I have no idea who made this patch and the download link I found is literally some random file sharing site and the link was shared on some forum by someone. Seems legit. The .exe files check out fine on VirusTotal though. https://www.siedler-maps.de/forum.php?action=showthread&postid=147456 (german forum) https://workupload.com/file/VwbhS5Z (sketchy download link)
And someone in the forum mentioned something about timestamps that causes problems with Win10. I just tried this patched executable and it actually does launch with Wine 6.7. I could have sworn last time I tried it this patch did not work in Wine at all, with any version. Oh well. Also, I think there are problems with LAN Multiplayer with this patched version, particularly when mixing games with and without the patch.