Is there a free, downloadable, easy-to-use-and-modify RTS engine?

Question

I guess the title says it all. I have C/C++ programming experience, but absolutely no experience in game programming... is there some sort of downloadable freeware real-time strategy engine that you can use to make your own highly-customized RTS games? Or am I hoping for too much?

Answer 1

I've heard that FreeCraft is surprizing good and complete. Link's below.

Answer 2

Free applies to toolkit.
Open Source is free and you can modify the code.

There is over a hundred of open source RTS. Choose anyone, modify in any way you want and have fun.

Link: http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=RTS

The "Easy to use" part in your question is relative - it depends on your coding abilities. But I guess basic C or C# is okay to modify these RTS engines.

Answer 3

I Have Used One, i Think It Was Named RTS Toolkit..... Try It Out, Its Easy To Learn And you Can Create Games With grafix Of Mario.....(LOL)

Answer 4

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