Enter an epic story in the Jade Empire as a marshal-arts student becomes a master. Choose your own side through tons of dialog and level up your characters abilities as you combat with Marshal Styles, Magic Styles, Weapon Styles, Transformation Styles and more.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Jade Empire in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Jade Empire. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

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Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.7.42staging

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.42staging
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Note: I also recommend installing Wine 1.6.2

Click Next

Downloading Wine


Extracting

Downloading Gecko


Installed


Wine 1.7.42staging is installed and you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "Install a non-listed program"


Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next


Name your virtual drive: jadeempire
Click Next


Check all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next


Select Wine 1.7.42staging
Click Next


Select "32 bit windows installation"
Click Next


Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop Size: 1024x768
Click OK


PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3d9
• POL_Install_gdiplus
  
• POL_Install_tahoma

Click Next


Note: The packages will automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "setup_jade_empire_#.#.#.#.exe"
Click Open


Click Next again

Check "Yes I have read and accept EULA"
Click Options
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Click Install


DirectX 9.0c
Click No


Click Exit


PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "JadeEmpireLauncher.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Jade Empire Launcher
Click Next


Select "JadeEmpireConfig.exe"
Click Next


Name your shortcut: Jade Empire Config
Click Next


Select "I don't want another shortcut"
Click Next

PlayOnLinux Configure

Select "Jade Empire Launcher"
Click Configure


General Tab
Click the Down-Arrow after Wine Version
Select Wine 1.6.2


Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine

Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses


Close Configure

Optimization

Select "Jade Empire Config"
Click Run


Click Video
Adjust:

• Resolution
• Refresh Rate
• Aspect Ratio
• Anti-Aliasing

Note: For Fullscreen set the resolution to match your Linux Desktop

Enable/Disable:

• Soft Shadows
• Bloom Lighting
• Frame Buffer Effects
• Focus Trails
• Intro Movies
• All Movies

Save and Exit


Launching Jade Empire

Select "Jade Empire Launcher"
Click Run


Click Play


Conclusion:
Once I found out the Wine "staging" versions fixed the installer crash, I used Wine 1.7.42staging to install Jade Empire. Then I switched to Wine 1.6.2 for playing the actual game. You can still play it in 1.7.42staging, but I always prefer the "stable" version. Everything else runs fine. Every once in a while after a save/load the camera will be stuck in a vertical position and you are looking at the ground. Just quit the game and start it again.

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