http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7587
------- Additional Comments From snildo@bolina.hsb.se 2007-02-03 06:56 ------- I noticed a chars.dat file in my home folder. I cat'ed it, and found that it was a character file saved by Runeword Wizard. At the first startup, it asks for a character name and level. Since it was saved there, I tested putting the data files (runes.dat, items.dat and runewords.dat) in my home folder (that is, /home/snild). It works.
So, for some reason Wine is trying to find these files in my home folder instead of the directory of the running application. It probably has something to do with how the app tries to access the files. I've sent a mail to the author of Runeword Wizard asking for the source code, or at least the snippets concerning the .dat files.