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Simple, Short Guide to Get the Game Running (2025)

By Xafron Chi

I've seen several guides and threads on how to fix the game. Most were fixes that did not work for me, were overly complicated, or were completely unnecessary. With this guide, I just compiled the easiest, most crucial fixes that worked for me. I am using Windows 10, I can't say if it will work for Windows 11 (a comment said it worked for him in Windows 11).

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Firstly, after installing the game, go into Steam's folder and find the "Steam.dll" file. Copy and paste that into the Jade Empire game folder. This will fix the "Failed to find Steam" problem.

Secondly, in the Jade Empire game folder, rename "JadeEmpireLauncher" to "JadeEmpireLauncherBackup" and rename "JadeEmpire" to "JadeEmpireLauncher" to fix the "Out of Memory" crash on startup. It will also allow you to start the game through your Steam library instead of a shortcut (some fixes have you starting it from a desktop shortcut).

Thirdly, upon first launching the game you may find it to have terrible stuttering. If it does, literally just restart your PC and it should go away.

Fourthly, find the JadeEmpire.ini file (it will just show up as JadeEmpire, its icon is a piece of paper with a little cog on it), double click it, and scroll down until you see ClampFPS=1 and go ahead and change that to ClampFPS=0 to get rid of the 30 FPS cap.

Lastly, run Steam as administrator to make Steam overlay work and take screenshots.

That is hopefully all you'll need to do. Happy gaming!

If this guide worked for you, please give it a thumbs up so others will see it.

I am not wanting any credit, I just wanted an easy to use guide with only the necessities in it. I found the first three fixes in the Jade Empire Steam forum from Steam users KaputtEqu1ipment, Lost Souls, and Rhino. The fourth I found from John: Showdown's guide. The fifth, from hirnmixer.

Note that no fixes that I found for "Launch Jade Empire Configuration" worked for me. However you really do not need this to work, as once the game is running, you can configure it in game at the main menu. You can even right click the game in your Steam library, and under General, in Selected Launch Option, click Play Jade Empire: Special Edition to skip that initial window entirely.

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35 Comments

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Xafron Chi [author] 5 Jul @ 4:12pm

Can't say much about controller, I used mouse and keyboard.

grahamgambill 5 Jul @ 12:14pm

I found that if I start the game THEN plug in my monitor it registers the resolution properly, the rest of the guide solved the other issues so thank you! Now I just need to find a proper controller for it. It seems to hate my PS4 controller even running the ds4 program with it. I have other games that don't need a mouse as well so I caved and ordered a wired 360 controller 🙌

Xafron Chi [author] 4 Jul @ 9:31pm

Try editing the resolution in the ini?

grahamgambill 4 Jul @ 9:22pm

I got the game to run but it's zoomed in so far I can't play it, any advice for that?

Xafron Chi [author] 30 Jun @ 9:57am

That's not an issue I had come across before. Is it just cutscenes? Or all dialogue?

Sarahxxxvibes 30 Jun @ 3:50am

Was searching how to fix this FOREVER and this finally worked for me! (I also made sure my graphics card was updated, and per a previous post about this on steam's advice downloaded the older C++ redistributors - mind you I am NOT tech savvy and it was fairly easy to do both of those things and then follow these instructions.)

The only problem I'm having is that my cut scenes are muted! Searching that next

dynastes 29 Jun @ 7:40am

Works flawlessly. Thanks.

CidDaBird 29 Jun @ 5:41am

Glad I brought some interest back to this game, congrats on the guide.

Aonein_am1ll1on 20 Jun @ 12:49pm

I managed to do it all. And it still works. The JadeEmpire.ini didnt show up until i saved my first game. Other than that, Thanks.

hellokitty1776 11 Jun @ 7:41pm

So, I think I figured out why the 'JadeEmpire.ini' is missing for some: click on (and run) 'JadeEmpireConfig'. It should add the ini to your list of files in the primary folder for the game. From there you can open it in notepad and modulate the values.

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