Jade Empire Level up crash

[davidbray170]

As seen on other discussions, Jade Empire crashes when I click to level up my character, flickering to desktop. Running on Windows 10.

Already tried multiple solutions:
Tried installing Direct X 9 drivers
Tried running as administrator
Tried running in compatibility mode for Vista service pack 1 & 2 and XP service pack 1 and 2
Tried changing appearance.2da file to include N_Dawn_

Any further advice would be very welcome.

[graymachine]

I am having the same problem after trying the same solutions. Any fixes? Would it have anything to do with mods? I installed the new textures for the companions, but that is it.

[graymachine]

So, it seems like I stumbled across a solution, but I am not sure what it was specifically. I installed the save game editor , planning on just editing my character instead of leveling since I mainly enjoy the story. Edited my save to boost my silver and my three attributes, bumping them up to 10. Went back to the game and noticed my character’s model was in the level up screen which it wasn’t before. Tried to level and had no problems, so I think it is fixed now.

[furbleburble]

I've been trying to get the game to work without issue, having managed to solve a few issues already. I beat the bandit attack at the beginning, tried to level up, and the game crashed. I found something on reddit that proved helpful, and I hope it will help others. While the fix is noted to be specifically for intel integrated graphics on laptops, it is possible that this may help in other situations as well; I can't say for certain. I tried altering the steps listed below and no alteration worked, at least of what I tried. I had to follow the steps exactly as provided. Once I leveled up, however, I was able to put everything back to normal and continue play. I haven't gotten far enough to say whether this will consistently work.

(Edit: I have since leveled up multiple times now and have had no issue aside from the inconvenience of having to do this in order to play the game.)

(Edit 2: I have now completed the game, successfully making use of this information.)

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Copied from there:

Jade Empire Level Up Crash Integrated Graphics Laptop Possible Fix
If anyone has the problem for the level up crash there is a tedious thing that can be tried as an additional fix(only for laptops with integrated graphics).

1)Make game windowed and 640x480 in config.

2)Turn off graphics in Device Manager.

3)Run game,level up should work.

4)Quit game then turn graphics back on and widescreen.

Theory: I believe that the grass in the portrait causes problems with integrated graphics that are resolved once you become aligned good or bad. So you only need to do the above until your portrait background changes.

[furbleburble]

Instead of my previous post, try this:

In JadeEmpire.ini, change D3DAdapter=0 to D3DAdapter=1 and then save.

Edit: Maybe not. I tried it a few times and it worked. I try it again and it doesn't. Weird.

[Jairen]

Originally posted by furbleburble:

1)Make game windowed and 640x480 in config.

2)Turn off graphics in Device Manager.

3)Run game,level up should work.

4)Quit game then turn graphics back on and widescreen.

Theory: I believe that the grass in the portrait causes problems with integrated graphics that are resolved once you become aligned good or bad. So you only need to do the above until your portrait background changes.

Wouldn't turning off your laptops only graphics card completely screw up your computer?

[furbleburble]

Originally posted by Jairen:

Wouldn't turning off your laptops only graphics card completely screw up your computer?

I don't have the technical knowledge to give a suitable answer. However, I tried the advice and it worked.

[Yatoya]

I was having the level up crash also. I think many above ideas are correct as of to why the game is crashing, its the built in graphics on laptops namely Intel that are causing it. I have Intel and Nvidia graphics force swtiching the game to run on the Nvidia worked for me.

One way to do this in Windows 10 is right click desktop > display settings > Graphics Settings > Choose an app to set preference Desktop app (Browse) > Find the Jade Empire executable (Add) > Options > High Performance Nvidia > Save

Hope this gives you an idea of what to do.

[thz]

Thank you yatoya helpes a lot ^^

[Nasur86]

I've made a post about this before and didnt receive any real help with this before. I've just tried changing the D3D adaptor. It still crashed on leveling up. I just changed the graphics to 640x 780 and it actually worked. I just raised another level and changed the graphics back to normal, and it allowed me to level up. im just glad after trying getting this working for over 5 months at least it finally works

[Bluescoutz]

I have this problem, this bug known as the "Intel Bug". I have tried the compability fix, the N_Dawn_ fix, the "remove the mods" fix, I haven't fully try the DirectX9 fix.

Apparently this bug happens due to Intel's graphics conflicting with DirectX9 (meaning only editing the computer's core files can fix this).