Some issues...
I am getting the constant registry popups also. It's annoying. I am not sure how often they occur while AGS runs, but I seem to always get two more popups after shutting down.
Otherwise, the program has been working for me so far...although I have just been asked to re-identify my documents folder path, so am about to restart and, fingers crossed, all will be well there.
Edit: So, restarting seemed to work fine. However, I can no longer open my normal game in either fullscreen or windowed version. I use shortcuts which bypass the launcher, both of which now lead to my AnyGame2 (windowed). What do I do about that?
I think I must have messed up the path thing. I then had two UC folders for each of the Anygames I had created. The second one held the lots I had tried to install, but those lots/cc were not available in-game - perhaps the game was referencing the first UC folder? I have uninstalled the AGS to get back my normal game, and will try afresh later.
Further Edit: Installing a lot (by drag-and-drop onto the Anygame icon) is causing the extra UC folder to appear. The new folder contains only the Downloads and Teleport subfolders with the lot contents. Moving the contents into the original UC folder does make the lot/cc appear in the Anygame, so there is a workaround. The extra folder has the TM superscript in the title, while the original folder does not.
Another issue is that my Empty Anygame is still created with one subhood. When first loading, it says 'creating exotic destinations', and there are .package and .png files for Suburb001 in the Neighbourhood folder. I am creating a subhood template using Mootlida's tutorial
here, and need a truly empty base to work from. The empty hood worked well in an Anygame with just Base/Uni/MG, but with all EPs ticked, the suburb appears.
More Edit: I know I may be whistling into the wind, but the saga continues...
I beleive this is the same problem reported by someone else up-thread. The Anygame starts and plays fine the first time, but thereafter, claims not to be able to find its path. Pointing it manually at hicon.exe (as it requests) makes no difference. Restarting the computer makes no difference.
The attachments option won't let me upload a txt file (even though it says it will!), so here is a paste of the log:
Sat 31/03/2018 8:32:23.10 - Start
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AGSVERSION = ""2.2.0-UC (Ultimate Collection)""
INSTALLDIR = "D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\"
USERDOCS = "D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents"
DISPLAYNAME = "The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection"
SAVEGAME = "D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection"
GAMEEXEC = "D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun With Pets\SP9\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe"
MINIGAME = D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\AnyGameStarter\AnyGame1\EA Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection
MINIDOCS = D:\\Users\\Ollerenshaw\\Documents\\AnyGameStarter\\AnyGame1
MAXISCONTENT =
PARAMS = [-w] [-r1280x720] [-noparam] []
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ID files found on this system:
D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\AnyGameStarter\AnyGame1\EA Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\AnyGame1.id
D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\EA Games\The SimsT 2 Ultimate Collection\FullGame.id
D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\India's Stuff\Sims Storage\TS3\Backups\Backup PermaGame1Base\EA Games\The Sims 2\BaseGame.id
D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\India's Stuff\Sims Storage\TS3\Backups\Backup PermaGame1Base\EA Games\The Sims 2\PermaGame.id
D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\India's Stuff\Sims Storage\TS3\Backups\Backup PermaGame3 Eden M&G\EA Games\The Sims 2\AnyGame1.id
D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\India's Stuff\Sims Storage\TS3\Backups\Backup PermaGame3 Eden M&G\EA Games\The Sims 2\PermaGame.id
D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\India's Stuff\Sims Storage\TS3\TS3 Basegame Copy\installer\INSTALLDATA.id
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Content of the "Sims2_full.reg" file:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA GAMES]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA GAMES\The Sims 2]
"EPsInstalled"="Sims2EP1.exe,Sims2EP2.exe,Sims2EP3.exe,Sims2SP1.exe,Sims2SP2.exe,Sims2EP4.exe,Sims2EP5.exe,Sims2SP4.exe,Sims2SP5.exe,Sims2EP6.exe,Sims2SP6.exe,,Sims2EP7.exe,Sims2SP7.exe,Sims2SP8.exe,Sims2EP8.exe,Sims2EP9.exe,,,"
"DisplayName"="The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Fun with Pets Collection\1.0]
"Language"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"Personal"="D:\\Users\\Ollerenshaw\\Documents"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal"="D:\\Users\\Ollerenshaw\\Documents"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"Common Documents"="%PUBLIC%\\Documents"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common Documents"="C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents"
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Content of the "REGFILE" file:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA GAMES]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA GAMES\The Sims 2]
"EPsInstalled"="Sims2EP1.exe,Sims2EP2.exe,Sims2EP3.exe,Sims2SP1.exe,Sims2SP2.exe,Sims2EP4.exe,Sims2EP5.exe,Sims2SP4.exe,Sims2SP5.exe,Sims2EP6.exe,Sims2SP6.exe,,Sims2EP7.exe,Sims2SP7.exe,Sims2SP8.exe,Sims2EP8.exe,Sims2EP9.exe"
"DisplayName"="The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Fun with Pets Collection\1.0]
"Language"=dword:13
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"Personal"="D:\\Users\\Ollerenshaw\\Documents\\AnyGameStarter\\AnyGame1"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal"="D:\\Users\\Ollerenshaw\\Documents\\AnyGameStarter\\AnyGame1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"Common Documents"="D:\\Users\\Ollerenshaw\\Documents\\AnyGameStarter\\AnyGame1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common Documents"="D:\\Users\\Ollerenshaw\\Documents\\AnyGameStarter\\AnyGame1"
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Everything seems OK. Proceeding.
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Current directory is:
D:\Users\Ollerenshaw\Documents\AnyGameStarter\AppFiles
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Sat 31/03/2018 8:32:27.33 - Starting D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun With Pets\SP9\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe -w -r1280x720 -noparam
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Sat 31/03/2018 10:39:19.65 - Starting 60-seconds countdown to Documents restoration
Sat 31/03/2018 10:39:34.75 - Game ended
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Sat 31/03/2018 10:39:34.76 - Restoring Documents (game end)
Sat 31/03/2018 10:39:36.58 - Documents restored.
Sat 31/03/2018 10:39:36.58 - Closing Log
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