So I've really tried tweaking this Trainer, but I'm missing something. As others have said, the cheats work for both AI and the human user, so it sort of defeats the purpose. I'm a new player, so the default game was just too hard at the standard difficulty - no matter what, the AI nations were always attacking with modern weapons while I was still with pikes, etc.
So I thought the trainer could balance it out, to give me an advantage in the beginning at least. No such luck. Any cheat just allows the enemies to have the same advantage, so the game just runs faster, but without any benefit of the "cheat." You still get beat, just faster.
Also, the stickiness of the settings for Civics and Research is a problem. At first, I just wanted a few turns of benefit, but then saw they all stuck on "1 turn" even when the trainer was off, the game restarted, and even the PC rebooted. I learned that tweaking the optional numbers allows you some control over how many turns the effect will last, but it's hit and miss.
And, again, it only grants the cheats to the enemy, so it's kinda pointless.
Am I doing something wrong?
do you disable the options before you end your turn? it shouldn't register for the AI then.