I have a desire to modify my character's quest progress in various quests via a hex editor. I got my save from the 360 onto my computer but now I don't know how to locate specific quests within the hex data. How do you find them? I tried searching for the formID of one of the quests but I couldn't find it. I wonder if the formID is just the address in the hex file? If so then what offset does it start from?

I know I can load my save into the PC version, but I don't own it and I don't have enough hard disk space for it.

I see that for most quests there's a numerical value that gets set based on the quest process. All I need to know is how to locate that value for any given quest, so I can change it using my hex editor.

I googled for an answer to this for a long time but, no dice... Best I found was a site listing the formIDs for various quests, and how to hex edit .esm files. But I can't believe there's no good save editor that works for modding quest progress -- I'm accustomed to Borderlands, which has the WillowTree save editor that is awesome.

The ess file structure is still a bit of a mystery. Basic alterations like fixing the animation bomb and cleaning saves are possible, as well as hacking it hexadecimally to add items and change stats and location. However I don't think we're at a point where saves can be fully manipulated as of yet, especially as the way quests work are complex, and the way the engine processes them even more so.

Sorry, discussion of Hex editing an XBox is not for discussion on these forums.