Give it a few tries, I don't think the trainer has anything to do with the loading screen and crash issue. It seems to be an issue with the game itself since the summer update
The game crashes pretty reliably when using the trainer, and there doesn't seem to be an effective workaround. Regarding the numerous updates, is there a way to implement the same update method the L4D2 trainer uses?
Edit: The longer the game and the harder the difficulty (=more monsters), the quicker it seems to crash. With only the Health option and a Medium Short game, I usually can even finish that game. If set to Hellonearth Long, it'll usually crash within the first 2-4 minutes, with that time decreasing with every additional option activated. Hope that helps, if there's anything coming at all.
Yeah it seems iffy. I got it working and played a few rounds no problem. Fired the game up on another night and doing ok till I changed perks and weapons. I remember it was the Bullpup and I had activated the Super Clip option, went to fire my gun and the game froze and crashed. Weird.
But yeah, I have never had this problem before on KF with the trainer.
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