http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14719
--- Comment #3 from Jan Stępień jstepien@users.sourceforge.net 2008-09-26 09:28:47 --- (In reply to comment #1)
I added the dll files x_input3 and d3dx9_36 to windows/system32/, and now the game loads for me (though unplayable because terribly slow).
Having installed both xinput1_3¹ and d3dx9_36 (either in windows/system32 or in the game's directory or in any combination) doesn't solve the problem. Output on stderr is similar.
[1] We've had an off-site discussion - the mentioned DLL's name is xinput1_3.