Hello, new here and got a question

[bat66wat6]

Hello. I am completely new. Probably the bigest n00bie you can get here. Heard about C++ some time ago and have seen it's awesome power. It really is cool stuff. If I can get to grips with it then I think i will really have some great fun. I am interested in C++ mainly because I play a p.c game (C&C Renegade) and have seen what amazing things you can do using C++ to edit the game files. Such as scripts.dll and always.dat.

I did not know how much of a big thing this C++ is. I have read into it and know it's pretty advanced stuff but never knew you could even do jobs that require C++.
So to master something like this, wow. I'd be so proud. Im gonna give it my best.

But, first thing is first. The most basic question.
Despite how usefull and amazing this site is. I cannot find a download link for the C++ programme itself.

So in short. Please, can someone here direct me to a download link or site for the C++ programme?
So then I can get started.

And finall, you may be shocked to find that this is not my computer. It is in fact a family computer (More or less). I use it most as no one else has much need to use it. But mine or not I must know if the C++ programme takes up much space on the Hard Drive. This machine has 22.6 GB left of free space left. I am determined not to let it drop under 19 GB if possible.


Thank you for reading all this.Love the site as it is very helpfull and specific to its subject. Look forwards to your replies.

bat66wat6

[bat66wat6]

Please can you reply.

[sperva]

Hey bat66wat6,

I strongly suggest you look at Bloodshed Dev-C++. Basically, C++ is not a program but a programming language. Dev-C++ is a development environment for writing C++ programs.

I would suggest you download Dev-C++ and then work your way through the tutorials on this site and any other C++ sites/books you can find if you're really interested in harnessing the power of the C++ language. A simple Google search will easily get you to Dev-C++'s website.

I hope this helps you get started.

[shmorhay]

In addition to the Bloodshed Dev-C/C++ IDE already mentioned available at --

http://www.Bloodshed.net

see the Eclipse C/C++ IDE available at --

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

Neither of these two free/open-source C and C++ integrated development environments will take up enough diskspace to worry about if your machine has those two or three gigabytes to work with that you mentioned. Both of these IDEs are often used to study C and C++.

Also Microsoft has a free Visual C++ IDE that you might find interesting --

http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/

And see also this matching game developer kit (GDK) at --

http://www.microsoft.com/express/samples/gamecreators/default.aspx

-- Bohdan Shmorhay
www.shmorhay.com