Cheat Engine

[manc]

I've learned the basics of C++, completely gone through a bunch of online tuts, and have a good understanding of the common syntax. Hello World is horridly simple, and Guess The Number is no longer a challenge. I'm not quite sure what to do next to further my knowledge on C++ , although right now I'm learning off the tut at http://winprog.org/tutorial/
Am I on the right path?
What comes next?

-Manc

[jackyyll]

Personally, to learn something new i like to dive head first into a somewhat difficult problem such as a game hack. Then i continue to work on that until i've either learned something new or found a solution to the problem

[manc]

[Ferocious]

i suggest reading documentation papers and research papers and opensource applications, it widens up your knowledge.

[WafflesFTW]

Do you know objects/classes/pointers/all of that crap? If not, you haven't learned all the fundamentals. If so, then start learning the Win32 API.

Search "theForger's tutorial" on google.

[oib111]

[wasup]

To my knowledge most people start learning C# after they finish C++. I recommend writing some homebrew for the console of your choice. The most popular choices being the PSP, DS, PS3, Wii and im not sure about the Xbox360. This is really good experience especially if you are interested in getting into the video game industry when you grow up.

~Cheers

[jackyyll]

[oib111]

I forget which Microsoft product it is, but it's used specifically for coding games for consoles, but it uses C#. If I'm not mistaken most games are written in C# anyway?

[HalfPrime]

After I got a good grip on the language and needed something to do, I started making bots for little games. It wasn't super challenging to get something working pragmatically, but it was a lot of fun designing the inteligence for it.

[WafflesFTW]

Most games are made in C/C++ for speed. Most company general purpose apps are coded in C# since speed isn't much of an issue.

[Noz3001]

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