For those of you wondering why it took this long to post the test version, the answer is that apparently, EAxis has tried to sabotage us.

Here's what happened:
For some UTTERLY BAFFLING reason, even when isolated by itself and therefore totally inert, the AwesomeMod dll would crash the game on load. Now, you'd think, that, in and of itself, would just be my lousy code, except for one interesting wrinkle:
Simply changing the NAME of the DLL made it stop. No actual CODE was changed, just the name. Why would THIS make it suddenly work perfectly again? The only logical answer I can think of is deliberate sabotage.