Like many on Cheathappens, Empire: Total War was crashing after i activated the trainer. Frustrated, I tried a few different things to solve the problem, but the issue continued. Finally, I started Empire, started a campaign, and after the load screen I switched to desktop. I re-downloaded the trainer, switched to the game, F1, numpad 1......it didnt crash. This was two days ago and the issue seems to be fixed. It be what I did, could be something unrelated, or it could have been fixed days ago without my noticing and I now look like an idiot for posting this. Whatever happened, i figured id post this if it could somehow help those experiencing problems.