If you paused the game b4 your trial ended your game will start from there, with big fish *i have an account there* they give you a code, and it just unlocks the full thing, so as long as you paused the game ,,, you should be ok, if you didnt then yes you will have to start from scratch, vv2 begins where vv1 ends, with a few things but not others, not gonna say and ruin it for ya ,, there is no trouble running both at the same time as long as your personal computer is able to handle that, I run mine together all the time, hope that helps and gl