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So, I've installed Stalker cop with POL, and it runs perfectly, like I mean, FLAWLESSLY....well, almost. Whenever I quicksave, the game stops. It just halts. The engine stops running. Whatever. It doesn't work. If you've played stalker before, you know how essential it is to save constantly. When you can't save, the game isn't really going to work for you. So, yeah, if anyone can help, it would be MUCH appreciated. I watched a couple videos of it, and it looks really fun, I really want to play it. Ran this using wine 1.4.1 amd64. Some specs are: core i5 3210m, (intel hd 4000 graphics) 8 GB of ddr3 ram. Debugging thingy here:

Very strange I admit. I was able to play/save/load games just fine with my configuration.
As a matter of fact, I backed up my save game since my character was doing so well.

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install Call of Pripyat in PlayOnLinux: STALKER COP Guide
Look it over, maybe there is a tip that can help.

I see a few MSVCRT errors. That is Microsoft Visual C
You can install libraries for MSVCRT in PlayOnLInux Configure.
Just click "Install Components" and look for MSVCRT
You could also install vcrun2008 too.

There are a bunch of other errors too, but I have no idea how to fix them.

So, I tried it. It still has the same results, with upon clicking new game, the video starts, i press esc to skip it, and i spawn in, and it runs fine until the autosave, which then crashes the game. Only this time, bugtrap identifies it, and gives me a notice that the game crashed. When installing according to the guide, I couldnt find the xaudio thing, but the game seems to run the same as before, so I assume the xaudio thing has resolved itself somehow. I also couldnt find MSVCRT, but there was msvc100, 80, and 90. So, it still has the same problems as before. :( Thanks for your help though! Any further help would be much appreciated. Runnning ubuntu 13.04, not mint 14 btw.

t1_2.dll (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux/ressources)
DllRegisterServer not implemented in DLL xinput1_2.dll
fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x4024d0, 0x40d708, {7c830ece-5fb3-417a-a1bd-508f45277356}, 1, 0x32f9e4, (null), (null), 0x40d710,): stub
[01/04/14 21:09:11] - Running wine-1.7.1 regsvr32 xinput1_3.dll (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux/ressources)
DllRegisterServer not implemented in DLL xinput1_3.dll
[01/04/14 21:09:11] - Running wine-1.7.1 regsvr32 xinput9_1_0.dll (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux/ressources)
DllRegisterServer not implemented in DLL xinput9_1_0.dll
fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x4024d0, 0x40d6e8, {7c830ece-5fb3-417a-a1bd-508f45277356}, 1, 0x33f9e4, (null), (null), 0x40d6f0,): stub
[01/04/14 21:09:11] - ----- Starting function POL_Function_OverrideDLL -----
[01/04/14 21:09:12] - Running wine-1.7.1 regedit /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/override-dll.reg (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux/tmp)
[01/04/14 21:09:12] - Content of /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/override-dll.reg
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides]
"*xinput1_1"="native"
"*xinput1_2"="native"
"*xinput1_3"="native"
"*xinput9_1_0"="native"
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[01/04/14 21:09:12] - ----- Ending function POL_Function_OverrideDLL -----
[01/04/14 21:09:12] - ----- Ending function POL_Install_xinput -----
[01/04/14 21:10:31] - Running wine-1.7.1 /media/stanley/S.T.A.L.K.E.R/setup.exe (Working directory : /)
fixme:msg:ChangeWindowMessageFilter c045 00000001
fixme:win:DisableProcessWindowsGhosting : stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33de48,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x33e158,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:explorerframe:taskbar_list_SetProgressValue iface 0xf535f0, hwnd 0x10086, ullCompleted 0, ullTotal a0173e6 stub!
fixme:sfc:SfcIsFileProtected ((nil), L"C:\\Program Files\\bitComposer Games\\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat\\unins000.exe") stub
fixme:explorerframe:taskbar_list_SetProgressState iface 0xf535f0, hwnd 0x10086, flags 0 stub!
fixme:hnetcfg:fw_app_put_ProcessImageFileName 0xf54ac8, L"C:\\Program Files\\bitComposer Games\\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat\\bin\\xrEngine.exe"
fixme:hnetcfg:fw_app_put_Name 0xf54ac8, L"S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat (CLI)"
fixme:hnetcfg:fw_apps_Add 0xf54ab0, 0xf54ac8
fixme:hnetcfg:fw_app_put_ProcessImageFileName 0xf54ac8, L"C:\\Program Files\\bitComposer Games\\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat\\bin\\dedicated\\xrEngine.exe"
fixme:hnetcfg:fw_app_put_Name 0xf54ac8, L"S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat (SRV)"
fixme:hnetcfg:fw_apps_Add 0xf54ab0, 0xf54ac8
fixme:gameux:GAMEUX_ProcessGameDefinitionElement entry L"ReleaseDate" in Game Definition File not yet supported
fixme:gameux:GAMEUX_ProcessGameDefinitionElement entry L"Genres" in Game Definition File not yet supported
fixme:gameux:GAMEUX_ProcessGameDefinitionElement entry L"Ratings" in Game Definition File not yet supported
fixme:gameux:GAMEUX_ProcessGameDefinitionElement entry L"Version" in Game Definition File not yet supported
fixme:gameux:GAMEUX_ProcessGameDefinitionElement entry L"WindowsSystemPerformanceRating" in Game Definition File not yet supported
fixme:gameux:GAMEUX_ProcessGameDefinitionElement entry L"Developers" in Game Definition File not yet supported
fixme:gameux:GAMEUX_ProcessGameDefinitionElement entry L"Publishers" in Game Definition File not yet supported
fixme:gameux:GAMEUX_ProcessGameDefinitionElement entry L"GameExecutables" in Game Definition File not yet supported
fixme:gameux:GAMEUX_ProcessGameDefinitionElement entry L"ExtendedProperties" in Game Definition File not yet supported
err:setupapi:do_file_copyW Unsupported style(s) 0x144
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[01/04/14 21:21:47] - Running wine-1.7.1 regedit /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/regkey.reg (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux)
[01/04/14 21:21:47] - Content of /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/regkey.reg
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
"DirectDrawRenderer"="opengl"
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[01/04/14 21:22:11] - Running wine-1.7.1 regedit /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/regkey.reg (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux)
[01/04/14 21:22:11] - Content of /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/regkey.reg
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
"VideoMemorySize"="128"
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[01/04/14 21:22:18] - Running wine-1.7.1 regedit /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/regkey.reg (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux)
[01/04/14 21:22:18] - Content of /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux//tmp/regkey.reg
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
"OffscreenRenderingMode"="fbo"
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[01/04/14 21:22:39] - Running wine-1.7.1 winecfg (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux)
[01/04/14 21:23:43] - Running wine-1.7.1 wineboot (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux)
[01/04/14 21:23:55] - Running wine-1.7.1 Stalker-COP.exe (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/stalkercop/drive_c/Program Files/bitComposer Games/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat)ERROR:
[01/04/14 21:29:50] - ----- Starting function POL_Install_vcrun2008 -----
[01/04/14 21:33:54] - Running wine-1.7.1 Stalker-COP.exe (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/stalkercop/drive_c/Program Files/bitComposer Games/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat)ERROR:
AL lib: ReleaseALC: 1 device not closed
[01/04/14 21:42:46] - Running wine-1.7.1 Stalker-COP.exe (Working directory : /home/stanley/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/stalkercop/drive_c/Program Files/bitComposer Games/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat)fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__set_abort_behavior _WRITE_CALL_REPORTFAULT unhandled
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x110000 0 0xa0f8e8 4
err:ole:CoInitializeEx Attempt to change threading model of this apartment from multi-threaded to apartment threaded
fixme:gameux:GameExplorer2Impl_CheckAccess stub (0x14ae28, L"C:\\Program Files\\bitComposer Games\\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat\\Stalker-COP.exe", 0xa0ee90)
fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0xdd3340) stub
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__set_abort_behavior _WRITE_CALL_REPORTFAULT unhandled
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0xfffffffe): stub
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0x124): stub
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0x128): stub
fixme:thread:SetThreadIdealProcessor (0x130): stub
err:ole:CoInitializeEx Attempt to change threading model of this apartment from multi-threaded to apartment threaded
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0xa0f208,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x389d7e8) stub
fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x15541b0) stub
fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x38fd018) stub
fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x1533478) stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0xa0f2d8,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:dxgi:dxgi_adapter_CheckInterfaceSupport iface 0x1e2b638, guid {9b7e4c0f-342c-4106-a19f-4f2704f689f0}, umd_version (nil) stub!
fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x38ba168) stub
fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x15541b0) stub
fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x3d7d018) stub
fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x1533478) stub
err:module:import_dll Library d3dx11_42.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\bitComposer Games\\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat\\bin\\xrRender_R4.dll") not found
fixme:heap:RtlCompactHeap (0x110000, 0x0) stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0xa0ed78,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:query_init Unhandled query type 0x4.
ERROR:
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
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fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__set_abort_behavior _WRITE_CALL_REPORTFAULT unhandled
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__set_abort_behavior _WRITE_CALL_REPORTFAULT unhandled
err:winediag:WSASocketW Failed to create a socket of type SOCK_RAW, this requires special permissions.
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__set_abort_behavior _WRITE_CALL_REPORTFAULT unhandled
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x1449b0 "?" wait timed out in thread 0029, blocked by 0021, retrying (60 sec)
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
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fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
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fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
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fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
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fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
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fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x8.
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fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__set_abort_behavior _WRITE_CALL_REPORTFAULT unhandled
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__set_abort_behavior _WRITE_CALL_REPORTFAULT unhandled
fixme:dbghelp:elf_search_auxv can't find symbol in module
fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpFilterMemory
fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpScanMemory
fixme:faultrep:ReportFault 0xa0eb58 0x0 stub
fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpWithDataSegs
fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpWithDataSegs

NOTE: I put an indent where the autosave happened, and that's what was written at the moment the auto save happened. Then it crashed.

Did you remember to disable d3dx11?
The only way I could get it to run is disabling d3dx11. So I'm guessing you did since it runs.
Is there a specific reason your video memory is 128?
Are you on a laptop?

Go ahead and try installing MSVC80 and MSVC90 or even MSVC100
There is a chance you may need to start over and install again in a new virtual drive.

Also, it never hurts to try a different version of Wine like 1.6 or 1.7.8
Sometimes strange problems like this will automatically work with a different version.

How to download & test Wine versions: Wine Versions