Hey all,
I have been looking through this coder's forum for an hour now and I do not quiet understand some things.
1.Where do I begin if I am determined to be an active coder/hacker
2.Do I need visual studio? Can it code c++? Is that what I need?
3.Any good free sources to help me get started with coding?
4.What is the coding environment like, I mean what does it consist a lot of? Looking for things, manipulating them?
5.I specifically want to hack CrossFire and Comabarms, which one is easier?

thanks!