"Cinebar;c-16690568" wrote:
It didn't matter if they used H&M when Maxis added the launcher they also changed which disc you had to use, but as I said they changed it back later to use the EPs and not the SPs.
Sims 2 got a launcher with Bon Voyage. H&M was released before Bon Voyage so the switch to latest EP used happened prior to Bon Voyage and Securom. The whole Securom issue blew up when Bon Voyage was released so it was very likely that most people never launched from H&M's disc and therefore never ran into an issue with Securom until they installed Bon Voyage as it was the first EP to have Securom bundled with it. Based on the link I posted above, it was probably Seasons as they stopped using the most recent EP as the engine for the Stuff packs. The stuff packs released between Pets and AL were all based on the Pets engine. So I think it's always been the EP or SP with the most recently released EP engine, it's just they changed what engine they used for SP's after Seasons was released. Got to love EA for changing course midway (they did it with Sims 3 and custom content and mods.)
The link I posted above however, does give the proper disc to use if you don't own everything. Which for the OP should be M&G since that is technically considered an EP. Though based on previous SP's may not have mattered either way as it is based off of the AL engine and not the Pets like IKEA Stuff. Which appears to not be working for some reason.
@theFella If you're not opposed to using Origin, you could contact EA and say that you are having issues getting the game to work properly and with a little luck and some patience as you try with multiple reps possibly be given the Sims 2 UC. In which case, I would uninstall Sims 2. If you don't have any other games that came bundled with Securom, I would look up how to remove Securom (no sense leaving it installed as it doesn't get uninstalled when you uninstall the game that put it on in the first place), and then get the UC installed. UC no longer installs Securom, however you would be tied to using Origin to play the game.