[Wine] Civilization 4 fails to start (Wine 1.0-rc5).

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/6/16 Zarl <wineforum-user at winehq.org>:
> After loading, Civilization 4 fails with the error below before reaching the main menu/actually launching. I've searched the forums an elsewhere and have not been able to find a solution. I'm currently running Wine: 1.0-rc5 on Xubuntu 8.04-64 bit. I'm using the 173.14.05 Nvidia drivers, GeForce 8200 integrated graphics.
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> If this problem has an obvious cause or solution I missed, I apologize in advance. However at this point, I just have no idea how to proceed:
>

Well, the obvious problem is that you are trying to run the game under
an OS that it was not designed for :)

Here is the developers' contact address:
http://www.firaxis.com/support/

Tell them that you would like native support for their game under Linux.

Dotan Cohen

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