Which is the exact error message? I have been revising the code and I can't see anything wrong, so any clue will be welcome.
Where did you read it? I have win7 + nvidia and it works great.
I have only been reported of a problem with win8.1 + nvidia due to drivers. Could you please paste the exact location of this?

thanks!

I've attached a screenshot of where the loading screen dies and here are backtraces taken from the crash dialogs when Unepic 1.47 dies under two Wine versions (1.5.20 or 1.7.10-CSMT-a632585) that have no problem with Unepic 1.44.5.

http://pastebin.com/giBFmUpn
http://pastebin.com/ubV1kn9y

In case you ever want to try to reproduce it, here's my system configuration:

1. 64-bit Lubuntu Linux 12.04, fully updated ("Ubuntu 12.04.04 LTS" according to `lsb_release -a`)
2. An nVidia GeForce GT430 with the version 304 nVidia binary drivers (The "nvidia-304" package)
3. A user profile built by running these commands in the terminal 4. A PlayOnLinux install added using these commands 5. The Wine 1.5.20 and 1.7.10-CSMT-a632585 builds available in PlayOnLinux under Tools > Manage Wine Versions > amd64

Yeah. 1.6.1 was the original one I was using with Unepic but it's built differently from the PlayOnLinux builds and, while it works fine with everything else, Unepic 1.47 somehow causes it to die while trying to contact the PulseAudio daemon (which I ripped out for being too buggy) before it even creates the window.

Well, thanks. Although I'm a bit worried about the crash using Wine.

For some weird reason I can't stand PlayOnLinux and Wine recipes/bottles etc. much... so I am extra patient when games don't work, since I basically have to roll my own and accept that every Wine update could break things that were working or the opposite. Anyway, how did you get rid of PulseAudio? I can't find a way that doesn't break the system.

I generally install games which have no recipes. My main use for PlayOnLinux is as an easy way to give each game its own WINEPREFIX with varying Wine versions and as a way to keep my already long-enough-to-scroll Games menu from being twice as long.

At the moment, I'm still on Lubuntu 12.04 (been too overworked to risk breaking something with an upgrade to 14.04 LTS) and all it took was sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio.

The libraries and config files against which everything links remain in place and fail over to bare ALSA and, with one exception (Skype 4.x), everything Just Works™.

(When I fire it up to start a voice call I've arranged via Pidgin, I use the statically linked Skype 2.2.0.35 beta for which I re-acquired the tarball via Arch Linux's AUR.)

When it comes time to upgrade, I'll try a VirtualBox install and, if removing PulseAudio no longer works, I'll evaluate Debian, Arch, or a return to Gentoo. (Every single time I've tried that damn thing, it's had some stupid bug like pegging one of my CPU cores at 100% until killed because I had the audacity to run a game in Wine a few hours ago.)

Gentoo... yes... that's what I'd prefer to run too, but I don't have the time for it. I chose Ubuntu because of its advertised "compatibility" with most games, turned out to be crap, could have easily gone with an alternative, but now like you I've overworked it and I'm dreading the time when I'll have to switch or upgrade. Too much time has gone into making things perfect for me. But removing PulseAudio, I couldn't do. Not seamlessly anyway.

But I fear we're sidetracking the thread. Sorry, everyone! :D