A Java-based save-game API for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
I wrote this API because I was interested in cleaning my save games in Skyrim. While I never actually got to the part where I could clean my games with it, I did complete the API insofar as reading and writing Skyrim save game files (ESS files). As such, I leave it as an exercise for other developers to take this API and do something useful with it.
jESSEdit requires Maven 3.0.x. Build the project by executing mvn package.
import ca.davidfuchs.jessedit.ess.*;
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InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream("savegame.ess");
ESSFile essFile = ESSReader.readESSFile(inputStream);
// Do some work on the ESSFile object...
OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("savegame2.ess");
ESSWriter.writeESSFile(outputStream, essFile);
...jESSEdit is primarily an API, but comes with a command-line application that prints the header section of the ESS file, more or less to act as a proof of concept that it can read the file.
Note: You may need to adjust this command, as the JAR file may have a different version number.
java -jar jESSEdit-app-0.1.jar --file /path/to/savegame.ess