Your_computer_name/Applications/The Sims 3/The Sims 3/Contents/Resources/transgaming/c_drive/Program Files/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Game/Bin/d3dx9_31.dll For anyone on a mac having probs with game crashing here's what finally worked for me!ĭownload this file, and, in your sims game directory (not the one in documents but the actual game!) there should be a directory called 'Game' and inside that is the 'Bin' directory, drop this d3dx9_31.dll file in the 'Bin' directory before installing this hack and any extra sliders! to reiterate the directory you're dropping this file into should read as follows.