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Jade Empire: Special Edition

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Jade Empire: Special Edition
Jade Empire: Special Edition cover
Developers
BioWare
Windows LTI Gray Matter
macOS (OS X) TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
2K Games
OS X TransGaming Inc.
Electronic Arts
Engines
Odyssey
Release dates
Windows February 26, 2007
macOS (OS X) (Cider) August 18, 2008
Jade Empire: Special Edition on Wikipedia

Key points

PC version features improved graphics and extra content not present in the original Xbox release.
Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS, though it can be fixed (see High frame rate).

General information

Jade Empire Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM disc check.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play.
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use Configuration Utility[citation needed]
  1. Run <path-to-game>\JadeEmpireConfig.exe
  2. Go to Video tab and check Disable Intro Movies
  3. Select Save Settings from the Jade Empire menu and close the Utility

Alternatively, close the Utility first and click Yes when prompted to save

Change JadeEmpire.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open JadeEmpire.ini.
  3. Change NoLogos=0 to NoLogos=1
Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\movies\
  2. Delete or rename the following files:
BWlogo.bik
GSL_short.bik
GrayMatr.bik
publisher.bik

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\JadeEmpire.ini[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7110/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7110/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Configuration Utility Video Options
Configuration Utility Video Options
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

An external Configuration Utility can be accessed with <path-to-game>\JadeEmpireConfig.exe

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open JadeEmpire.ini.
  3. Set ScrW and ScrH to the resolution you want.

Windowed

Play in a window[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open JadeEmpire.ini.
  3. Set Windowed to 1

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable anti-aliasing[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open JadeEmpire.ini.
  3. Set FSAA=1, FSAA=2 or FSAA=3 to enable 2x, 4x or 8x anti-aliasing respectively.

High frame rate

Using this fix will speed up the cloth physics, as well as the grass and cloud animations.
Increasing FPS[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open JadeEmpire.ini.
  3. Under section [Game] set clampFPS to 0 and save your changes.

Input settings

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.

Template:Input settings

Wireless controller right analogue stick

Using right stick on 360 wireless controller for looking can be fixed.
Edit JadeEmpire.ini[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit JadeEmpire.ini.
  3. Look for the following lines:
    Look L/R=Left StickX
    Look U/D=Left StickY
  4. Change these lines to:
    Look L/R=Right StickX
    Look U/D=Right StickY

Original Xbox Controller Config

Movement L/R=Left StickX
Movement U/D=Left StickY
Look L/R=Right StickX
Look U/D=Right StickY
Menu=Button 8
Combat Pause=Button 7
Fight Style 1=Hat 1
Fight Style 2=Hat 1
Fight Style 3=Hat 1
Fight Style 4=Hat 1
Attack=Button 1
Block=Button 2
Strong Attack=Button 3
Focus=Button 4
Chi Strike=Button 6
Chi Heal=Button 5
Target Left=Left StickZ
Target Right=Right StickZ
No Target=-
Free Look=Button 10

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Origin and retail versions only
Czech
Not available on Steam
French
German
Hungarian
Not available on Steam, the language files available.
Italian
Polish
Not available on Steam
Russian
Not available on Steam
Spanish

Issues fixed

Cannot Save Game Progress

Cannot Save Game Progress[citation needed]

If the game is started as a normal user, game progress cannot be saved. To fix this, run the game as Administrator

  1. Find the start menu shortcut for Jade Empire, right click on it, then Properties. Select the Compatibility tab, then check 'Run this program in compatibility mode' and select 'Windows XP (Service Pack 2)', then check 'Run this program as an administrator' and then 'OK'.

Config Utility Issues

If the issue persists or the config tool freezes at one point while gathering system information on your first launch, try the following:
"Can't find Steam" error[citation needed]
  1. Locate the JadeEmpireConfig.exe file in the <path-to-game>.
  2. Set Windows Vista SP2 compatibility mode.
If this fails to fix the crash, you must do the following
Config tool crashes[citation needed]
  1. Using Notepad, create a blank text file and name it SystemInformation.xml.
  2. Save it to the <path-to-game>data
  3. Copy the Steam.dll file from the <Steam-folder> into the <path-to-game>.
This will effectively bypass the config tool which should allow you to launch the game.

Stuttering Graphics

When your PC has been up for a while (at least a week) or you use W8/10 (Fast Boot), the game will continually stutter regardless of the framerate, hardware capability, or OS. The game sets its pacing by using the Windows API QueryPerformanceCounter that returns a monotonically increasing total count of CPU cycles since boot. When it gets past 2^40, the game becomes unplayable. At that point, the only option is to reboot the computer.
Override QueryPerformanceCounter[citation needed]
  1. Go to Jade Empire Stutter Fix and select the latest zip file to download.
  2. Download the archive, extract it, and put the d3d9.dll file in the same folder as the Jade Empire executable.

Notes

The fix allows the game to count cycles from when the game itself was started.
If the problem occurs (perhaps because you leave the game running for a week), you need only exit and restart the game.

Crash when installed in a Storage Space

The game will refuse to run when installed on a drive which is managed by a Storage Space on Windows 8 and later.

Installing the Game on a drive that is not a Storage Space will fix this issue[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 2.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.8

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6200
ATI Radeon 9500
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 2.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum[2]
Operating system (OS) 10.10.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 330M
ATI Radeon HD 3870
Intel HD Graphics 3000
256 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/7110/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (7110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References