Sims 2 PC Won't let me make a family...it freezes when I am loading one I had just made?

Question

Everything else works on the game. I am getting very frustrated. I want to make a family!!

Answer 1

The first answer is right. EA games has addressed this and advises to pause your antiviral/anti spyware programs while playing sims 2 since both of them use a large amount of RAM. I know I have to turn mine off while playing sims 2 or the same thing happens, my game just dies and the whole pc is nonresponsive.

Answer 2

Sims 2 takes up a lot of memory.  You need to have a good PC with a lot of memory and good graphic card to load the game.  If your PC is old, you need a new one.  On the other hands, when you making a new family, try to save the file small because the more stuff you add on, your PC will run slow and will crash or freeze the game.