http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9027
--- Comment #33 from Saulius K. saulius2@gmail.com 2009-05-24 03:43:39 --- Ken, maybe Michael was lucky just because he used winetricks and selected "directx9" and "mfc42" here? (as the link says)
OTOH, this still wouldn't qualify as a bugfix. Technical analysis should still be done.