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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