Looping error

After my program gets agility, strength, and defense it loops back to the opening menu. I have highlighted what I think to be the problem area. I have checked the the logic many times over and I have probably overlooked it, but I can't seem to find the problem.

Code:

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/*This game was made by Shelby Smith. Please don't try to
redistribute this as your own, but feel free to use as an
example for some of your code. Some of the techniques I
use are most definetely not the best ones considering all the
if statments I will need.*/

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <time.h>


using namespace std;
void sleep_seconds ( long seconds ) {
  clock_t limit, now = clock();
  limit = now + seconds * CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
  while ( limit > now )
    now = clock();
}

void sleep_ticks ( long ticks ) {
  clock_t limit, now = clock();
  limit = now + ticks;
  while ( limit > now )                  //waiting stuff
    now = clock();
}

void wait(long milliseconds)
{
  long timeout = clock() + milliseconds;
  while( clock() < timeout ) continue;
}
void intro()                    //story start
{
cout<<"*Strange man runs towards you and away from the castle frantically.\n";
wait(5000);
cout<<"\nHe draws closer and closer to you, but you can see that he is shaken and\ndistraught\n";
wait(5000);
cout<<"\nHe tells you he has just escaped from the king's castle.\n";
wait(5000);
cout<<"\nHe tells you of horrible atrocities and the evil that is spreading like\n\nwildfire starting with the king and is slowly moving down the ranks of the\n\nmilitary and soon to the citizens.\n";
wait(8000);
cout<<"\nYou see him becoming all the more nervous as you hear footsteps in the distance\n";
wait(5000);
cout<<"\nYou see a guard approach.\n";
wait(3000);
cout<<"\nIn a violent voice he shouts at the man.\n";
wait(3000);
cout<<"\nWhat are you doing out here?!\n";
wait(3000);
cout<<"\nWhat have you told him?!\n";
wait(3000);
cout<<"\nCome, your punsishment awaits.\n";
wait(3000);
cout<<"\nThe gaurd glares at you.\n";
wait(3000);
cout<<"\nYou best forget what you have been told.\n";
wait(3000);
cout<<"\nTo insure you tell no one I'll need your name.\n";
wait(3000);
}
//all weapon structures
struct weapon{                        //bronze sword stats
        int bswordatt;
        int bswordweight;
        bool bswordi;
        bool bsworde;
        int bdaggerwatt;                //bronze dagger
        int bdaggerweight;
        bool bdaggeri;
        bool bdaggere;
        };

        struct monster{
        int manhp;
        bool manfight;
        int manatt;
        int mandef;
        int gobhp;
        };

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        monster man;
        man.manhp=20;
        man.manfight;
        man.manatt;
        man.mandef;
       
        monster goblin;
        goblin.gobhp=40;

        //weapon structures in int main()
        weapon bsword;                //bronze sword
        bsword.bswordatt=2;
        bsword.bswordweight=10;
        bsword.bswordi;
        bsword.bdaggere;
       
        weapon bdagger;                //bronze dagger
        bdagger.bdaggerwatt;
        bdagger.bdaggerweight;       
        bdagger.bdaggeri;
        bdagger.bdaggere;
       
       
       
        char namen[100];
        char input[100];
        int monrand;
        int initial;
        int strength;
        int agility;
        int defense;
        char command;                  //a hole crap load of variables
        char direction;
        int xco=0;
        int yco=0;
        int hp;
        char combat;
        int mhp1;
        int fight;
        int fcom;
        int finalcom;
        int randenc;
   
    srand( (unsigned int) time (0));        //seed mr. generator
   
while(initial!=1||initial!=2||initial!=3){
    cout<<"What would you like to do?";
    cout<<"\n1.New game\n2.Load game\n3.Exit\n"; //Menu
    cin>>initial;
    switch(initial){ //menu switch statment
    case 1:
                cout<<"\n\n\n\n";       
                                          //begin story line function               
        cout<<"\n\nEnter your name:"; //ask for name
        cin>>namen;
        cout<<namen<<" is it. Alright then\n";
        cout<<"\nEnter your strength agility and defense again(must=20):\n";
        cin>>strength>>agility>>defense;
        while(strength+agility+defense!=20){    //loop if str ag and def not 20
        cout<<"Enter strength, agility, and defense(must=20):";
        cin>>strength>>agility>>defense;
        }
    break;
    case 2:                    //loading game
                cout<<"Not availiable yet";
        cin.get();
        cin.ignore();
    break;
    case 3:          //exit
        return 0;
    break;
    default:         
        cout<<"error";        //default
    cin.get();
    cin.ignore();
    break;
    }
    }
    //intro
    cout<<"                        Welcome to naushmien\n\n*Dramatic Music*\n\n";
    for(int loop=0;loop<36000;loop++){  //main loop
    cout<<"\nCommand>";
        cin>>command;
        switch(command){
        case 'm':                    //movement
        cout<<"which way would you like to move?";
        cin.get();
        cin>>direction;
        if (direction=='n' &&(yco<=8 && yco>=-5)){
        yco++;
        cout<<"\nY="<<yco<<" X="<<xco;}
        if (direction=='s' && (yco<=8 && yco>=-5)){
        yco--;
        cout<<"\nY="<<yco<<" X="<<xco;}
        if (direction=='e' && (xco<=8&& xco>=-5)){
        xco++;
        cout<<"\nY="<<yco<<" X="<<xco;}
        if (direction=='w' && (xco<=8 && xco>=-5)){
        xco--;
        cout<<"\nY="<<yco<<" X="<<xco;}
        randenc=rand()%10+1;
        break;

        case 'h':                    //help
        cout<<"h-help(who woulda guessed)    m-move/n,e,s,w are the directions.\nf-fight f-subcommands a,d,f. all the commands for now.";
        break;
        case 'f':
        monrand=rand()%2+1;
        do{
        switch(monrand){
        case 1:
        cout<<"You encounter a man\n";       
        finalcom=man.manhp;
        break;
        case 2:
        cout<<"You encounter a goblin\n";
        finalcom=goblin.gobhp;
        break;
        }
        }while(monrand<1 && monrand>2);
        while(finalcom>0){              //fight
        fight=rand()%5+1;
        cout<<"How are you going to combat you opponent?";
        cin>>combat;
        if(combat=='a'){                //attack
        fcom=(((strength*3)+agility)/fight);
        finalcom=mhp1-fcom;
        mhp1=finalcom;
        }
        if(finalcom>0){
        cout<<"His hp is "<<finalcom<<"\n";
        }
        }
        cout<<"\nHe is dead\n";                    //death
        break;
        case 'i':
        if (bsword.bswordi==1){
        cout<<"Bronze Sword\n";
        }
        break;
        default:
        cout<<"messed";
        break;
        }
        }
   
        cin.get();
        cin.ignore();
}

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you're right in highlighting what you did... more specifically the problem area is your while statement. should you be using ||? OR should you be using &&? if you say something like "if my number is NOT equal to 5 OR my number is not equal to 6" that statement will ALWAYS evaluate to true. no matter what your number is. it's either not going to be 5, or it's not going to be 6. but if you said "if my number is not equal to 5 AND my number is not equal to 6" then if your number is neither, it will evaluate to false. this is what you want.

Ok, sorry to waste your time, but I didn't change that part of the code at all. I don't know how it got like that. It was working just fine before.

Just an idea. the code is looking good, but I would suggest using classes instead of structs when you get into more detail later on. I find them easier to maintain. But its looking good!

Example of a class could be for your player:

Code:

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class Player
{
public:
Player();
~Player();

private:
int health;
short score;
string name;

protected:
m_pGameEngine*;
};

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it's just an idea

yea, i definitely agree. there is no difference between structs and classes, except for the fact you will have functions specific to the class. plus, i checked out your game, and there seems to be some kind of mathematical error with the monster hp system. you attack once or twice, and all of a sudden their hp jumps up to around 4000000. classes will probably help you manage that whole system a lot more easily.