RTS making?

What is the best Engine for making strategy games? What about the fastest? Can I make the same things with a RTS toolkit than with a engine? If so what is the best RTS toolkit? I have a excelent knowledge of C++, but I am new to game programming. I will need something that will work on Windows. What about free downloads?


Thanks, Zarko

p.s. Tutorials aboutRTS programming?

Anyone?

Zarko

theres quite alot of opensrc projects on sourceforge.com...i think they the kind of warcraft/aoe type strategy games tho..i prefer fast paced c&c, i use to make alot of trainers for them, god i luv to cheat.

as for visualbasics, theres quite a few unfinished projects or examples on pscode.com/vb, seem to spring up recently..i got them all my pc i can send them all to u tomox if ya want them.

you deffinetly wont find any tutorials for it in vb, and ive ever seen any toolkits but i havent been on freedownloads for along time.

best rts game ive played in my life has to be microsoft ants on the zone..i got over 2500 odd images for it.