Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info:
This fix writes the original coordinates of moving atoms to binary -restart files, so that the motion can be continuous in a -restarted simulation. See the read_restart -command for info on how to re-specify a fix in an input script that -reads a restart file, so that the operation of the fix continues in an -uninterrupted fashion. +restart files, as well as the initial timestep, so that +the motion can be continuous in a restarted simulation. See the +read_restart command for info on how to re-specify +a fix in an input script that reads a restart file, so that the +operation of the fix continues in an uninterrupted fashion. +
+IMPORTANNT NOTE: Because the move positions are a function of the +current timestep and the initial timestep, you cannot reset the +timestep to a different value after reading a restart file, if you +expect a fix move command to work in an uninterrupted fashion.
None of the fix_modify options are relevant to this fix. diff --git a/doc/fix_move.txt b/doc/fix_move.txt index aabda63f3a..ba2c63b7e0 100644 --- a/doc/fix_move.txt +++ b/doc/fix_move.txt @@ -188,11 +188,16 @@ position and velocity of atoms on the outermost rRESPA level. [Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info:] This fix writes the original coordinates of moving atoms to "binary -restart files"_restart.html, so that the motion can be continuous in a -restarted simulation. See the "read_restart"_read_restart.html -command for info on how to re-specify a fix in an input script that -reads a restart file, so that the operation of the fix continues in an -uninterrupted fashion. +restart files"_restart.html, as well as the initial timestep, so that +the motion can be continuous in a restarted simulation. See the +"read_restart"_read_restart.html command for info on how to re-specify +a fix in an input script that reads a restart file, so that the +operation of the fix continues in an uninterrupted fashion. + +IMPORTANNT NOTE: Because the move positions are a function of the +current timestep and the initial timestep, you cannot reset the +timestep to a different value after reading a restart file, if you +expect a fix move command to work in an uninterrupted fashion. None of the "fix_modify"_fix_modify.html options are relevant to this fix.