Is there a special method to run this trainer?
I've tried most everything I can think of: doing the alt-tab thing, running the trainer as admin, excluding the trainer in the antivirus, disabling the antivirus...nothing seems to work.
It activates just fine but then when I click in the game to move past the main screen, the game does the ship sound and crashes.
Any tips?
Start the trainer, then start the game.
Don't hit F1 at the main menu, wait until you are actually playing the game, then hit the F1 key and it seems to work.