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#ifndef SIMPARAMETERS_H
#define SIMPARAMETERS_H

#include "common.h"
#include "Vector.h"
#include "Lattice.h"

#include "MGridforceParams.h"
#include "GroupRestraintsParam.h"

class ParseOptions;
class Communicate;
class ConfigList;
class MIStream;
class MOStream;

//  The class SimParameters is really just a glorified structure used to
//  maintain the global simulation parameters.  The only functions
//  associated with the class are used to get the parameters from the
//  ConfigList object, to send that Parameters from the master node 
//  to the other nodes, and to receive the Parameters on the other nodes.


//  The following definitions are used to distinguish between possible
//  bonded exclusion settings
typedef int  ExclusionSettings;

#define NONE            0
#define ONETWO          1
#define ONETHREE        2
#define ONEFOUR         3
#define SCALED14        4

//  The following definitions are used to distinguish between multiple
//  timestep integration schemes
typedef int  MTSChoices;

#define NAIVE           0
#define VERLETI         1

//  The following definitions are used to distinuish between multiple
//  long-short range force splittings
#define SHARP           0
#define XPLOR           1
#define C1              2
#define C2              3

//  The following definitions are used to distinguish among load
//  balancers and their strategies
#define LDBAL_NONE              0
#define LDBAL_CENTRALIZED       1       // default
#define LDBAL_HYBRID            2

#define LDBSTRAT_DEFAULT        10      // default
#define LDBSTRAT_COMPREHENSIVE  11
#define LDBSTRAT_REFINEONLY     12
#define LDBSTRAT_OLD            13

// The following definitions are used to distinguish between patch-splitting
// strategies
#define SPLIT_PATCH_POSITION    0       // atom position determines patch
#define SPLIT_PATCH_HYDROGEN    1       // hydrogen groups are not broken up

// The following definitions are used to distinguish the range of rigid
// bond calculations: none, all bonds to hydrogen, or only water
#define RIGID_NONE    0
#define RIGID_ALL     1
#define RIGID_WATER   2

// Added by JLai -- The following definitions are used to distinguish
// the different GoMethodologies available to the Go program
// -- 6.3.11
typedef int GoChoices;
#define GO_MATRIX 1
#define GO_SPARSE 2
#define GO_LOWMEM 3

// Used for controlling PME parallelization with ckloop
// The higher level will include all parallelization for lower ones
// E.g. If setting useCkLoop to 3, then xpencil's kspace, all
// backward ffts and send_untrans/ungrid routines will be parallelized
#define CKLOOP_CTRL_PME_UNGRIDCALC 6
#define CKLOOP_CTRL_PME_FORWARDFFT 5
#define CKLOOP_CTRL_PME_SENDTRANS 4
#define CKLOOP_CTRL_PME_KSPACE 3
#define CKLOOP_CTRL_PME_BACKWARDFFT 2
#define CKLOOP_CTRL_PME_SENDUNTRANS 1

class SimParameters
{
private:
public:

//  MAKE SURE THAT THIS CLASS CAN BE BIT COPIED OR YOU WILL HAVE TO
//  ADD SPECIAL CODE TO send_SimParameters() and receive_SimParameters()

  int mshakeOn;
  int lincsOn;

#if defined(NAMD_NVTX_ENABLED) || defined(NAMD_CMK_TRACE_ENABLED) || defined(NAMD_ROCTX_ENABLED)
  int beginEventPatchID;
  int endEventPatchID;
  int beginEventStep;
  int endEventStep;
#endif

#ifdef TIMER_COLLECTION
  double timerBinWidth;  // default 1
#endif

  Bool SOAintegrateOn;  // use SOA integration routine for higher performance

  Bool CUDASOAintegrateMode;
  Bool GPUresidentMode;
  Bool CUDASOAintegrate;
      // this is set true to indicate dynamics is being performed

  int movingAverageWindowSize;
      // window size for moving averages of reductions for GPU-resident mode

  Bool nsPerDayOn;  // prints ns/day instead of days/ns


  Bool lonepairs;  // enable lone pairs
  WaterModel watmodel; // integer code for the water model in use
                // choices are defined in common.h
  Bool LJcorrection;    // flag for whether water tail corrections should be used
  Bool LJcorrectionAlt; // flag for whether alternative tail corrections should be used
        BigReal dt;                     //  Timestep size
        int N;                          //  Number of steps to be performed
        int stepsPerCycle;              //  Number of timesteps per cycle

        zVector cellBasisVector1;       //  Basis vector for periodic cell
        zVector cellBasisVector2;       //  Basis vector for periodic cell
        zVector cellBasisVector3;       //  Basis vector for periodic cell
        zVector cellOrigin;             //  Fixed center of periodic cell
        Lattice lattice;                //  All data for periodic cell
        
        int nonbondedFrequency;         //  Number of timesteps between
                                        //  nonbonded evaluation
        int fullElectFrequency;         //  Number of timesteps between
                                        //  full electrostatic evaluation
        int fullDispersionFrequency;    //  Number of timesteps between
                                        //  full LJ dispersion evaluation
        BigReal fmaTheta;               //  DPMTA theta value
        int ldBalancer;                 //  None, Centralized or Hybrid
        int ldbStrategy;                //  What load balancing strategy to use
        int ldbPeriod;                  //  How often to do load balancing
        int firstLdbStep;               //  What step to do the first 
                                        //  load-balance on.
        int lastLdbStep;                //  What step to do the last
                                        //  load-balance on.
        int hybridGroupSize;            //  hybrid group size
        BigReal ldbBackgroundScaling;   //  scaling factor for background load
        BigReal ldbPMEBackgroundScaling;//  scaling factor for PME background
        BigReal ldbHomeBackgroundScaling;//  scaling factor for home background
        BigReal ldbRelativeGrainsize;   //  fraction of average load per compute
        
        int traceStartStep; //the timestep when trace is turned on, default to 3*firstLdbStep;
        int numTraceSteps; //the number of timesteps that are traced, default to 2*ldbPeriod;
        
#ifdef MEASURE_NAMD_WITH_PAPI
        Bool papiMeasure; //default to false
        int papiMeasureStartStep; //the timestep when to measure using PAPI, default to 3*firstLdbStep;
        int numPapiMeasureSteps; //the number of timesteps when performance are measured with PAPI, default to 40;
#endif
        
        Bool outputMaps; //control whether to dump compute/patch map before load balancing
        Bool simulateInitialMapping; //if true, the initial mapping during startup is dumped and exit
        int simulatedPEs;
        int simulatedNodeSize;
        Bool disableTopology; // ignore torus information during patch placement
        Bool verboseTopology; // print torus information during patch placement

        Bool benchTimestep; //only cares about benchmarking the timestep, so no file output to save SUs for large-scale benchmarking

        //whether to use CkLoop library to parallelize a loop in a function like OpenMP.
        //It has multiple control levels. The higher the value is (must be positive), the more parallelization will be performed
        //Currently, it is mainly used for PME computation. The default value is 0, meaning it is disabled
        //Refer to macros CKLOOP_CTRL_* in this file for the ordering of different levels
        int useCkLoop; 

        int twoAwayX;                   //  half-size patches in X dimension
        int twoAwayY;                   //  half-size patches in Y dimension
        int twoAwayZ;                   //  half-size patches in Z dimension
        int maxPatches;                 //  maximum patch count
        Bool ldbUnloadPME;              //  unload processors doing PME
        Bool ldbUnloadZero;             //  unload processor 0
        Bool ldbUnloadOne;              //  unload processor 1 
        Bool ldbUnloadOutputPEs;        //  unload output processors
        Bool noPatchesOnZero;           //  no patches on processor 0
        Bool noPatchesOnOutputPEs;      //  no patches on output PEs
        Bool noPatchesOnOne;            //  no patches on processor 1
        
        BigReal initialTemp;            //  Initial temperature for the 
                                        //  simulation
        Bool comMove;                   //  Should the center of mass be 
                                        //  able to move
        Bool zeroMomentum;              //  remove momentum drift from PME
        Bool zeroMomentumAlt;           //  alternate method for testing
        Bool wrapWater;                 //  Wrap water around on output
        Bool wrapAll;                   //  Wrap clusters around on output
        Bool wrapNearest;               //  Wrap to closest image to origin
        BigReal dielectric;             //  Dielectric constant
        ExclusionSettings exclude;      //  What electrostatic exclusions should
                                        //  be made

        // scale14alt will override if scale14 is not set
        BigReal scale14;                //  Scaling factor "1-4scaling"
                                        //  for 1-4 electrostatics
        BigReal scale14alt;             //  Alternatively named sim parameter
                                        //  "oneFourScaling" so that this can
                                        //  be set using scripting language

        BigReal nonbondedScaling;       //  Scaling factor for nonbonded forces
        int dcdFrequency;               //  How often (in timesteps) should
                                        //  a DCD trajectory file be updated
  int dcdUnitCell;  // Whether to write unit cell information in the DCD
        int velDcdFrequency;            //  How often (in timesteps) should
                                        //  a velocity DCD file be updated
        int forceDcdFrequency;          //  How often (in timesteps) should
                                        //  a force DCD file be updated
        int xstFrequency;               //  How often (in timesteps) should
                                        //  a XST trajectory file be updated
        int dcdSelectionOn;  // enable dcd selection options
        char auxFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];            //  auxilary output filename
        char dcdFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];            //  DCD filename
        char velDcdFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];       //  Velocity DCD filename
        char forceDcdFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];     //  Force DCD filename
        char xstFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];            //  Extended system trajectory filename
        char outputFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE]; //  Output file name.  This name will
                                        //  have .coor appended to it 
                                        //  for the coordinates and 
                                        //  .vel appended to
                                        //  it for the velocities
        char restartFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];        //  Base name of the restart file
  //        std::vector <DCDParams> dcdUserDefined; //parameters for user defined DCD lists
        int restartFrequency;           //  How often (in timesteps) shoud the
                                        //  restart files be updated
        Bool restartSave;               //  unique filenames for restart files
        Bool restartSaveDcd;            //  unique filenames for DCD files
        Bool binaryRestart;             //  should restart files be
                                        //  binary format rather than PDB
        Bool binaryOutput;              //  should output files be
                                        //  binary format rather than PDB
        BigReal cutoff;                 //  Cutoff distance
        BigReal margin;                 //  Fudge factor on patch size
        BigReal patchDimension;         //  Dimension of each side of a patch
                                        //  This is either cutoff+margin or
                                        //  pairlistDist+margin depending on
                                        //  whether or not switching is on
                                        //  or not
        BigReal limitDist;              //  Distance below which nonbonded
                                        //  forces between atoms are limited
        Bool switchingActive;           //  Flag TRUE->using switching function
                                        //  for electrostatics and vdw
        Bool vdwForceSwitching;         //  Flag TRUE->using force switching
                                        //  function for vdw
        BigReal switchingDist;          //  Distance at which switching
                                        //  becomes active
        Bool martiniSwitching;          //  Flag TRUE->use Martini residue-based
                                        //  coarse-grain switching function
        Bool martiniDielAllow;          //  Allow non-standard dielectric constant 
                                        //  for use with Martini when dielectric != 15.0
        BigReal pairlistDist;           //  Distance within which atom pairs 
                                        //  should be added to pairlist
        int pairlistMinProcs;           //  Minimum number of processors
                                        //  to enable pairlists
        int usePairlists;               //  Derived from pairlistMinProcs

        int pairlistsPerCycle;          //  regenerate x times per cycle
        BigReal pairlistShrink;         //  tol *= (1 - x) on regeneration
        BigReal pairlistGrow;           //  tol *= (1 + x) on trigger
        BigReal pairlistTrigger;        //  trigger is atom > (1 - x) * tol
        int outputPairlists;            //  print pairlist warnings this often

        Bool constraintsOn;             //  Flag TRUE-> harmonic constraints 
                                        //  active
        int constraintExp;              //  Exponent for harmonic constraints

        /* BEGIN gf */
        Bool gridforceOn;               //  Flag TRUE -> gridforce active
        Bool gridforceVolts;            //  Flag TRUE -> gridforce using volts as units
        zVector gridforceScale;         //  Gridforce scale factor
        Bool gridforceContA1;           //  Flag TRUE -> grid continuous in A1 direction
        Bool gridforceContA2;           //  Flag TRUE -> grid continuous in A2 direction
        Bool gridforceContA3;           //  Flag TRUE -> grid continuous in A3 direction
        zVector gridforceVOffset;       //  Gridforce potential offsets
        Bool gridforceLite;             //  Flag TRUE -> use lightweight, fast, feature-poor gridforce
        Bool gridforcechecksize; //Flag TRUE -> check if grid is larger than PBC cell dimensions
  /* END gf */
        Bool mgridforceOn;
        MGridforceParamsList mgridforcelist;

        /* Begin Group restraints */
        Bool groupRestraintsOn;               // Turn on the group restraints
        GroupRestraintList groupRestraints;   // To store restraints parameters for each group
        /* End Group restraints */ 

        //****** BEGIN selective restraints (X,Y,Z) changes 
        Bool selectConstraintsOn;       //  Flag TRUE-> selective restraints  
                                        //  active
        Bool constrXOn, constrYOn,       
             constrZOn;                 //  Flag TRUE-> select which Cartesian 
                                        //  component to restrain
        //****** END selective restraints (X,Y,Z) changes 

        // spherical constraints
        Bool sphericalConstraintsOn;
        zVector sphericalConstrCenter;

        BigReal constraintScaling;      //  Scaling factor for constraint forces

        //****** BEGIN CHARMM/XPLOR type changes
        Bool paraTypeXplorOn;           //  FLAG TRUE-> parametrs are XPLOR format (default)
        Bool paraTypeCharmmOn;          //  FLAG TRUE-> parametrs are CHARMM format
        //****** END CHARMM/XPLOR type changes

        // Ported by JLai -- JE - Go
        Bool goGroPair;           //  FLAG FALSE->Explicit Gromacs pairs will be calculated
        Bool goForcesOn;          //  FLAG TRUE-> Go forces will be calculated
        char goParameters[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];   //  File for Go parameters
        char goCoordinates[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];  //  File for Go structure and atom chain types
        //JLai 6.3.11
        GoChoices  goMethod;      //  Integer for Go method -- 1) Matrix-Go, 3) Low-mem-Go
        // End of port -- JL

        //****** BEGIN moving constraints changes 
        Bool movingConstraintsOn;       //  Flag TRUE-> moving constraints 
                                        //  active
        zVector movingConsVel;           //  Velocity of the movement, A/timestep
        //****** END moving constraints changes 
        //****** BEGIN rotating constraints changes 
        Bool rotConstraintsOn;          //  Flag TRUE-> rotating constraints 
                                        //  active
        zVector rotConsAxis;             //  Axis of rotation
        zVector rotConsPivot;            //  Pivot point of rotation
        BigReal rotConsVel;             //  Velocity of rotation, Deg/timestep
        //****** END rotating constraints changes 

        //****** BEGIN moving drag changes
        Bool movDragOn;               //  Flag TRUE-> moving drag active
        char movDragFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];        //  PDB file defining dragged atoms
                                      //  by non-zero value in the column
        BigReal movDragGlobVel;       //  global drag velocity (A/step)
        char movDragVelFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];     //  PDB file; XYZ scale moving drag
                                      //  velocity for each atom
        //****** END moving drag changes
        //****** BEGIN rotating drag changes
        Bool rotDragOn;               //  Flag TRUE-> rotating drag active
        char rotDragFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];        //  PDB file defining dragged atoms
                                      //  by non-zero value in the column
        char rotDragAxisFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];    //  PDB file; XYZ define axes for atoms;
        char rotDragPivotFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];   //  PDB file; XYZ define pivots for atoms
        BigReal rotDragGlobVel;       //  global drag velocity (deg/step)
        char rotDragVelFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];     //  PDB file; B or O scales angular
                                      //  velocity for each atom
        //****** END rotating drag changes
        //****** BEGIN "constant" torque changes
        Bool consTorqueOn;            //  Flag TRUE-> "constant" torque active
        char consTorqueFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];     //  PDB file defining torqued atoms
                                      //  by non-zero value in the column
        char consTorqueAxisFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE]; //  PDB file; XYZ define axes for atoms;
        char consTorquePivotFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];//  PDB file; XYZ define pivots for atoms
        BigReal consTorqueGlobVal;    //  global "torque" (Kcal/(mol*A^2))
        char consTorqueValFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];  //  PDB file; B or O scales "torque"
                                      //  for each atom
        //****** END "constant" torque changes

        //****** BEGIN SMD constraints changes   
        Bool SMDOn;                     //  Flag TRUE-> SMD constraints active
        BigReal SMDVel;                 //  Velocity of the movement, A/timestep
        zVector SMDDir;                  //  Direction of the movement
        BigReal SMDk;                   //  Elastic constant for SMD
        BigReal SMDk2;                  //  Transverse elastic constant for SMD
        char SMDFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];                //  File for SMD information
        int SMDOutputFreq;              //  Output frequency for SMD constr.
        //****** END SMD constraints changes 
        
  //****** BEGIN tabulated energy section
  Bool tabulatedEnergies;
  int tableNumTypes;
  char tabulatedEnergiesFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
  char tableInterpType[128];
  Real tableSpacing;
  BigReal tableMaxDist;
  //****** END tabulated energy section

        // TMD
        Bool TMDOn, TMDDiffRMSD;
        BigReal TMDk;
        char TMDFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE], TMDFile2[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        int TMDOutputFreq;
        int TMDFirstStep, TMDLastStep;
        BigReal TMDInitialRMSD, TMDFinalRMSD;

        //Symmetry restraints
        Bool symmetryOn, symmetryScaleForces;
        BigReal symmetryk;
        char symmetrykfile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        char symmetryFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        char symmetryMatrixFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        int symmetryFirstStep, symmetryLastStep, symmetryFirstFullStep, symmetryLastFullStep;

        
//fepb
  Bool alchOnAtStartup;     //  Ensure that alchemy is set up properly
  Bool alchFepOnAtStartup;
  Bool alchThermIntOnAtStartup;
  Bool alchOn;              //  Doing alchemical simulation?
  Bool alchFepOn;           //  Doing alchemical simulation?
  Bool singleTopology;      //  Using single topology setup? 
  Bool sdScaling;           //  Scaling S-D bond terms in single topology?
  Bool alchThermIntOn;      //  Doing thermodynamic integration?
  Bool alchWCAOn;           //  Using WCA decomposition for vdWs?
  int alchMethod;           //  Which alchemical method to use? fep or ti
  BigReal alchLambda;       //  lambda for dynamics
  BigReal alchLambda2;      //  lambda for comparison
  BigReal alchLambdaIDWS;   //  alternate lambda for interleaved double-wide sampling
  int alchIDWSFreq;         //  freq with which lambda2 changes to lambdaIDWS
  int alchLambdaFreq;       //  freq. (in steps) with which lambda changes 
                            //  from alchLambda to alchLambda2
  BigReal getCurrentLambda(const int) const; // getter for changing lambda
  BigReal getCurrentLambda2(const int) const; // getter for alternating lambda2 in IDWS
  int setupIDWS();          //  activates IDWS and sets alchIDWSFreq
  BigReal getLambdaDelta(void) const; // getter for lambda increment
  BigReal alchTemp;         //  temperature for alchemical calculation
  int alchOutFreq;          //  freq. of alchemical output
  Bool alchEnsembleAvg;      //if do ensemble average for the net free energy difference 
  char alchOutFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];    //  alchemical output filename
  int alchEquilSteps;       //  # of equil. steps in the window
  BigReal alchVdwShiftCoeff; //  r2 shift coeff used for generating  
                            //  the alchemical altered vdW interactions
  BigReal alchElecLambdaStart;  //  lambda value for starting point of
                                //  electrostatic interactions of 
                                //  exnihilated particles.  For annihilated
                                //  particles the starting point is
                                //  (1-alchElecLambdaStart)
  BigReal getElecLambda(const BigReal) const; // return min[0,x/(1-elecStart)]
  BigReal alchVdwLambdaEnd;  //  lambda value for endpoint of vdW
                             //  interactions of exnihilated particles.
                             //  For annihilated particles the endpoint is 
                             //  (1-alchVdwLambdaEnd)
  BigReal getVdwLambda(const BigReal) const; // return max[1,x/vdwEnd]
  BigReal alchRepLambdaEnd;  //  lambda value for endpoint of repulsive vdW
                             //  interactions of exnihilated particles.
                             //  For annihilated particles the endpoint is 
                             //  (1-alchRepLambdaEnd). This also implies the
                             //  START for attractive vdW interactions.
  BigReal getRepLambda(const BigReal) const; // return max[1,x/repEnd]
  BigReal alchBondLambdaEnd; //  lambda value for endpoint of bonded 
                             //  interactions involving exnihilated particles.
                             //  For annihilated particles the endpoint is 
                             //  (1-alchBondLambdaEnd)
  BigReal getBondLambda(const BigReal) const; // return max[1,x/bondEnd]
  Bool alchDecouple;  // alchemical decoupling rather than annihilation
  Bool alchBondDecouple; // decouple purely alchemical bonds
  size_t alchGetNumOfPMEGrids() const; // get the number of PME grids required by alchemy
//fepe

  
        Bool lesOn;                     //  Locally enhanced sampling?
        int lesFactor;                  //  local enhancement factor
        Bool lesReduceTemp;             //  Reduce enhanced atom temperature?
        Bool lesReduceMass;             //  Reduce enhanced atom mass?

  // REST2
  Bool soluteScalingOn;
  BigReal soluteScalingFactor;
  BigReal soluteScalingFactorCharge;
  BigReal soluteScalingFactorVdw;
  Bool soluteScalingAll;
        Bool extForcesOn;               //  Are ext command forces present?
        char extForcesCommand[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        char extCoordFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        char extForceFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];

        
        // Defines variables for QM/MM calculations
        Bool qmForcesOn;               //  Are QM/MM command forces present?
        char qmParamPDB[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        Bool qmParamPDBDefined;
        Bool qmChrgFromPSF;
        char qmExecPath[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        char qmSoftware[128];
        char qmChrgModeS[16];
        int qmChrgMode;
        char qmColumn[16];
        char qmBaseDir[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        char qmSecProc[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        Bool qmSecProcOn;
        char qmPrepProc[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        Bool qmPrepProcOn;
        int qmFormat ;
        Bool qmReplaceAll ;
        Bool qmMOPACAddConfigChrg;
        
        Bool qmBondOn;
        char qmBondColumn[16];
        Bool qmBondColumnDefined;
        Bool qmBondDist;
        Bool qmBondGuess;
        int qmBondValType;
        char qmBondValueTypeS[16];
        char qmBondSchemeS[16] ;
        int qmBondScheme;
        Bool qmPCSwitchOn;
        char qmPCSwitchTypeS[16];
        int qmPCSwitchType;
        char qmPCSchemeS[16];
        int qmPCScheme;
        int qmSimsPerNode;
        
        Bool qmVDW ;
        Bool qmNoPC ;
        Bool qmElecEmbed ;
        int qmPCSelFreq ;
        Bool qmCustomPCSel;

        Bool qmLSSOn ;
        int qmLSSFreq ;
        char qmLSSResname[5] ;
        char qmLSSModeS[16];
        int qmLSSMode;
        
        Bool qmCSMD;
        char qmCSMDFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        
        int qmEnergyOutFreq ;
        int qmOutFreq ;
        int qmPosOutFreq ;
        
  Bool printBadContacts;        //print indices of bad contacts being moved downhill

  //gbis implicit solvent parameters
  Bool GBISOn;                    //do generalized born implicit solvent
  BigReal fsMax;
  Bool GBISserOn;                 //do generalized born implicit solvent serial
  BigReal solvent_dielectric;     //epsilon_s
  BigReal coulomb_radius_offset;  //rho_0
  BigReal kappa;      //debye screening length; k = sqrt(ion concentration mol/L ) / 0.304
  BigReal ion_concentration;
        BigReal gbis_delta;                                                     //three parameters for born radius calc
        BigReal gbis_beta;
        BigReal gbis_gamma;
        BigReal alpha_cutoff;                                           //pairwise cutoff for integrating born radius
        BigReal alpha_max;                                                              //maximum allowable born radius
  Bool LCPOOn;                    //do LCPO SASA for GBSA
  BigReal surface_tension;        //surface tension (kcal/mol/Ang^2) for LCPO

        Bool drudeOn;       // Perform integration of Drude oscillators?
        Bool drudeHardWallOn;  // Apply maximum Drude bond length restriction?
        BigReal drudeTemp;  // (low) temperature for freezing Drude oscillators
        BigReal drudeDamping;    // Langevin damping coefficient (1/ps)
                                 //   defaults to langevinDamping
        BigReal drudeBondLen;    // Length beyond which to apply quartic
                                 //   restraining potential to Drude bond
        BigReal drudeBondConst;  // Force constant for restraining potential
        BigReal drudeNbtholeCut;             // Radius of thole pair interaction

        Bool pairInteractionOn;         //  Calculate pair interactions?
        int pairInteractionGroup1;      //  Interaction group 1.
        int pairInteractionGroup2;      //  Interaction group 2.
        Bool pairInteractionSelf;       //  Compute just within group.
     
        Bool cosAngles;    // Can some angles be cos-based
        Bool globalForcesOn;            //  Are global forces present?
        Bool tclForcesOn;               //  Are Tcl forces present?
        int globalMasterFrequency;
        Bool globalMasterScaleByFrequency;
        Bool globalMasterStaleForces;
#ifdef NAMD_TCL
        Bool tclIsThreaded;             //  Is Tcl library thread-safe?
#endif
        Bool tclBCOn;                   //  Are Tcl boundary forces present
        char *tclBCScript;              //  Script defining tclBC calcforces
        char tclBCArgs[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];              //  Extra args for calcforces command
        Bool freeEnergyOn;              //  Doing free energy perturbation?
        Bool miscForcesOn;              //  Using misc forces?
        Bool colvarsOn;         //  Using the colvars module?

        Bool fixedAtomsOn;              //  Are there fixed atoms?
        Bool fixedAtomsForces;          //  Calculate forces anyway?
        Bool fixedAtomsForceOutput; // Output fixed forces?

        Bool langevinOnAtStartup;       //  Ensure that langevin is set up properly
        Bool langevinOn;                //  Flag TRUE-> langevin dynamics active
        BigReal langevinTemp;           //  Temperature for Langevin dynamics
        BigReal langevinDamping;        //  Damping coefficient (1/ps)
        Bool langevinHydrogen;          //  Flag TRUE-> apply to hydrogens
        Bool langevinGammasDiffer;
        Bool langevin_useBAOAB;         //  Flag TRUE-> use the experimental BAOAB integrator for NVT instead of the BBK one
                                        //  See Leimkuhler and Matthews (AMRX 2012); implemented in NAMD by CM June2012
        
        // BEGIN LA
        Bool loweAndersenOn;            //  Flag TRUE-> Lowe-Andersen dynamics active
        BigReal loweAndersenTemp;       //  Temperature for Lowe-Andersen dynamics
        BigReal loweAndersenRate;       //  Collision frequency for Lowe-Andersen dynamics (1/ps)
        BigReal loweAndersenCutoff;     //  Cutoff radius for Lowe-Andersen dynamics
        // END LA

        Bool globalOn;                  //  Flag TRUE-> use global integrator
        Bool dihedralOn;                //  Flag TRUE-> dihedral dynamics active
        Bool COLDOn;                    //  Flag TRUE-> constrained overdamped
                                        //  langevin dynamics active
        BigReal COLDRate;               //  Damping coefficient for COLD.
        BigReal COLDTemp;               //  Temperature for COLD.

        Bool tCoupleOn;                 //  Flag TRUE-> Temperature coupling 
                                        //  active
        BigReal tCoupleTemp;            //  Temperature for temp coupling

  Bool stochRescaleOn;
  BigReal stochRescaleTemp;
  BigReal stochRescalePeriod;
  int stochRescaleFreq;
  Bool stochRescaleHeat;
        int rescaleFreq;                //  Velocity rescale frequency
        BigReal rescaleTemp;            //  Temperature to rescale to

  Bool accelMDOn;                 //  Perform accelerated MD
  Bool accelMDdihe;               //  Apply boost to the dihedral potential
  Bool accelMDdual;               //  dual boost mode  
  Bool accelMDDebugOn;            //  Debugging accelerated MD
  BigReal accelMDFirstStep;       //  First aMD step
  BigReal accelMDLastStep;        //  Last aMD step
  int accelMDOutFreq;             //  aMD output frequency
  BigReal accelMDE;               //  aMD E
  BigReal accelMDalpha;           //  aMD alpha
  BigReal accelMDTE;              //  E for total potential in the dual boost mode
  BigReal accelMDTalpha;          //  alpha for total potential in the dual boost mode

  Bool accelMDG;                  //  Perform Gaussian accelMD calculation
  int accelMDGiE;                 //  Flag to set the mode iE in Gaussian accelMD
  int accelMDGcMDSteps;           //  Number of cMD steps
  int accelMDGEquiSteps;          //  Number of quilibration steps after adding boost potential
  int accelMDGcMDPrepSteps;       //  Number of preparation cMD steps
  int accelMDGEquiPrepSteps;      //  Number of preparation equilibration steps
  int accelMDGStatWindow;         //  Number of steps to calc avg and std
  BigReal accelMDGSigma0P;        //  upper limit of std of total potential
  BigReal accelMDGSigma0D;        //  upper limit of std of dihedral potential
  Bool accelMDGRestart;           //  Flag to set use restart file in Gaussian accelMD
  char accelMDGRestartFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];  //  restart file name
  Bool accelMDGresetVaftercmd;    //  Flag to reset potential after first accelMDGcMDSteps steps

        /* Begin Adaptive Temperature Sampling */
        Bool adaptTempOn;                      //  is adaptTempOn
        Bool adaptTempDebug;                   //  Debuggin adaptive temperature sampling
        int adaptTempFirstStep;                //  First adaptTemp step
        int adaptTempLastStep;                 //  Last adaptTemp step
        int adaptTempOutFreq;                  //  adaptTemp output frequency
        int adaptTempFreq;                     //  Steps between adaptTemp updates
        BigReal adaptTempTmin;                 //  Lower temperature bound
        BigReal adaptTempTmax;                 //  Upper temperature bound
        BigReal adaptTempAutoDt;               //  Auto jump size. Value determines upper bound, adaotTempDt determines lower bound 
        int adaptTempBins;                     //  Number of bins to store average energy values
        BigReal adaptTempDt;                   //  timestep for adaptTemp updates - only affects Temperature random walk
        BigReal adaptTempCgamma;               //  Cgamma variable for adaptive bin averaging Cgamma = 0 is normal Averaging. 1 > Cgamma >= 0
        Bool adaptTempLangevin;                //  Couple to Langevin Thermostat
        Bool adaptTempRescale;                 //  Couple to Vel. Rescaling
        char adaptTempInFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];             //  Restart information for adaptTemp to read
        char adaptTempRestartFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];        //  File to write restart information
        int  adaptTempRestartFreq;             //  Frequency of writing restart output
        Bool adaptTempRandom;                  //  Do we assign random temperatures when we step out of [Tmin,Tmax]?
        /* End Adaptive Temperature Sampling */

        int reassignFreq;               //  Velocity reassignment frequency
        BigReal reassignTemp;           //  Temperature to reassign to
        BigReal reassignIncr;           //  Added to reassignTemp each time
        BigReal reassignHold;           //  Hold reassignTemp at this value

        Bool useGroupPressure;          //  Use group rather than atomic
                                        //  quantities for pressure calc

        Bool excludeFromPressure;       //  Flag TRUE-> some atoms not rescaled
 
        Bool useFlexibleCell;           //  Use anisotropic cell fluctuations
        Bool useConstantArea;           //  x,y dimensions fixed.
        Bool useConstantRatio;          //  x,y ratio fixed.

  Bool fixCellDims; // fix the cell dimensions
  Bool fixCellDimX;
  Bool fixCellDimY;
  Bool fixCellDimZ;

        Bool berendsenPressureOn;       //  Berendsen pressure bath
        BigReal berendsenPressureTarget;
        BigReal berendsenPressureCompressibility;
        BigReal berendsenPressureRelaxationTime;
        int berendsenPressureFreq;

        Bool langevinPistonOn;          //  Langevin piston pressure control
        Bool langevinPistonBarrier;     //  Turn off to extrapolate cell
        BigReal langevinPistonTarget;
        BigReal langevinPistonPeriod;
        BigReal langevinPistonDecay;
        BigReal langevinPistonTemp;
        
        Bool monteCarloPressureOnAtStartup; // Ensure that MC pressure is set up properly
        Bool monteCarloPressureOn;         // MonteCarlo pressure control
        BigReal monteCarloPressureTarget;  // target pressure
        BigReal monteCarloTemp;            // Temperature used in Monte Carlo acceptance critiria
        BigReal monteCarloAcceptanceRate;  // target acceptance rate
        zVector monteCarloMaxVolume;       // initial maximum volume change for each dimension
        int monteCarloAdjustmentFreq;      // frequency of adjusting maximum scaling factor
        int monteCarloPressureFreq;        // frequency of applying MC pressure

        Bool multigratorOn;     // Multigrator temperature and/or pressure control
        BigReal multigratorPressureTarget;
        BigReal multigratorPressureRelaxationTime;
        int multigratorPressureFreq;
        BigReal multigratorTemperatureTarget;
        BigReal multigratorTemperatureRelaxationTime;
        int multigratorTemperatureFreq;
        int multigratorNoseHooverChainLength;

        BigReal surfaceTensionTarget;

        Bool pressureProfileOn;         // Compute lateral pressure profile?
        int pressureProfileSlabs;       // Number of slabs
        int pressureProfileFreq;        // How often to store profile data
        int pressureProfileAtomTypes;
        Bool pressureProfileEwaldOn;    // Compute Ewald contribution?
        int pressureProfileEwaldX;
        int pressureProfileEwaldY;
        int pressureProfileEwaldZ;
        
        zVector strainRate;
        zVector strainRate2; // off diagonal elements (xy, xz, yz)

        unsigned int randomSeed;        //  Seed for random number generator

        Bool FMAOn;                     //  Flag TRUE-> FMA active
        int FMALevels;                  //  Number of Levels for FMA
        int FMAMp;                      //  Number of multipole terms for FMA
        Bool FMAFFTOn;                  //  FFT on/off flag for FMA
        int FMAFFTBlock;                //  FFT blocking factor for FMA

        Bool fullDirectOn;              //  Should direct calculations of
                                        //  full electrostatics be performed?

        Bool MSMOn;      // enable MSM (multilevel summation method)
                         // for long-range electrostatics

        int MSMQuality;  // choose MSM quality 0 (low) - 3 (high), using
                         // optimal combination of approximation and splitting
                         // defaults to "low" for fastest performance

        int MSMApprox;   // choose MSM approximation
                         // defaults to "cubic" (low) for fastest performance

        int MSMSplit;    // choose MSM splitting function
                         // defaults to "Taylor2" (low) for fastest performance

        int MSMLevels;   // select number of MSM levels
                         // default (0) adapts number of levels to the
                         // system for fastest performance

        int MSMBlockSizeX;  // controls size of parallel work decomposition
        int MSMBlockSizeY;  // controls size of parallel work decomposition
        int MSMBlockSizeZ;  // controls size of parallel work decomposition

        BigReal MSMGridSpacing;  // defaults to 2.5 A, best for atomic systems

        BigReal MSMPadding;      // pad grid along non-periodic boundaries
                                 // defaults to 2.5 A
                                 // increase if atoms are drifting beyond
                                 // edge of grid, which will terminate 
                                 // simulation prematurely

        BigReal MSMxmin;  // define extent of non-periodic boundaries
        BigReal MSMxmax;
        BigReal MSMymin;
        BigReal MSMymax;
        BigReal MSMzmin;
        BigReal MSMzmax;

        Bool MsmSerialOn;   // use serial MSM solver for testing

        Bool FMMOn;
        int FMMLevels;
        BigReal FMMPadding;

        // LJ-PME parameters
        Bool LJPMEOn;                   //  Flag TRUE -> LJ-PME active
        BigReal LJPMETolerance;         //  LJ Direct space tolerance
        BigReal LJPMEEwaldCoefficient;  //  From tolerance and cutoff
        int LJPMEInterpOrder;           //  LJ-PME Order of interpolation
        int LJPMEGridSizeX;             //  No. of grid points in x dim
        int LJPMEGridSizeY;             //  No. of grid points in y dim
        int LJPMEGridSizeZ;             //  No. of grid points in z dim
        BigReal LJPMEGridSpacing;       //  Maximum spacing between points
        //Bool LJFFTWUseWisdom;           // Read/save wisdom file for FFTW
        //char LJFFTWWisdomFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE]; // Wisdom file name for FFTW
        //char *LJFFTWWisdomString;

        // PME Parameters
        Bool PMEOn;                     //  Flag TRUE -> PME active
        BigReal PMETolerance;           //  Direct space tolerance
        BigReal PMEEwaldCoefficient;    //  From tolerance and cutoff
        int PMEInterpOrder;             //  Order of interpolation
        int PMEGridSizeX;               //  No. of grid points in x dim
        int PMEGridSizeY;               //  No. of grid points in y dim
        int PMEGridSizeZ;               //  No. of grid points in z dim
        BigReal PMEGridSpacing;         //  Maximum spacing between points
        int PMEProcessors;              //  No. of processors to use
        int PMEMinSlices;               //  Min slices per PME slab
        int PMEMinPoints;               //  Min points per PME pencil
        Bool PMEBarrier;                //  Use barrier before sendTrans
        int PMEPencils;                 //  Size of pencil grid in each dim
        int PMEPencilsX;                //  Size of pencil grid in X dim
        int PMEPencilsY;                //  Size of pencil grid in Y dim
        int PMEPencilsZ;                //  Size of pencil grid in Z dim
        int PMEPencilsYLayout;          //  Y pencil layout strategy
        int PMEPencilsXLayout;          //  X pencil layout strategy
        int PMESendOrder;               //  Message ordering strategy
        Bool PMEOffload;                //  Offload reciprocal sum to accelerator

        Bool useDPME;                   //  Flag TRUE -> old DPME code

        Bool usePMECUDA;
  Bool usePMEGPU; 
        int bondedCUDA;
        int bondedGPU; 
        Bool useCUDAdisable;
        Bool useCUDANonbondedForceTable; 
        Bool useGPUNonbondedForceTable; 
    Bool useDeviceMigration; 
    Bool useGPUAtomMigration; 
    Bool updateAtomMap; 
        Bool FFTWEstimate;
        Bool FFTWPatient;
        Bool FFTWUseWisdom;
        char FFTWWisdomFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        char *FFTWWisdomString;

        #ifdef OPENATOM_VERSION
        Bool openatom;                  // Flag TRUE -> OpenAtom QM/MM active
        #endif // OPENATOM_VERSION 

        Bool minimizeCGOn;              //  Flag TRUE-> CG minimization active
        Bool minVerbose;                //  Flag TRUE-> print extra minimization data
        BigReal minTinyStep;            //  Minimization parameter
        BigReal minBabyStep;            //  Minimization parameter
        BigReal minLineGoal;            //  Minimization parameter
        Bool minimizeOn;                //  Flag TRUE-> minimization active
        BigReal maximumMove;            //  Maximum movement per timestep 
                                        //  during minimization

        Bool sphericalBCOn;             //  Flag TRUE-> spherical boundary 
                                        //  conditions are active
        zVector sphericalCenter;                //  Center specified by user
        BigReal sphericalBCk1;          //  First force constant for 
                                        //  spherical BC
        BigReal sphericalBCk2;          //  Second force constant for 
                                        //  spherical BC
        BigReal sphericalBCr1;          //  First radius for spherical BC
        BigReal sphericalBCr2;          //  Second radius for spherical BC
        int sphericalBCexp1;            //  First radius for spherical BC
        int sphericalBCexp2;            //  Second radius for spherical BC

        Bool cylindricalBCOn;           //  Flag TRUE->cylindrical boundary
                                        //  conditions are active
        zVector cylindricalCenter;
        char cylindricalBCAxis;         //  'x', 'y', or 'z'
        BigReal cylindricalBCr1;
        BigReal cylindricalBCr2;
        BigReal cylindricalBCl1;
        BigReal cylindricalBCl2;
        int cylindricalBCexp1;
        int cylindricalBCexp2;
        BigReal cylindricalBCk1;
        BigReal cylindricalBCk2;

        Bool eFieldOn;                  //  Should a electric field be applied
        Bool eFieldNormalized;          //  Is eField vector scaled by cell basis vectors
        zVector eField;                 //  Electric field vector to be applied
        BigReal eFieldFreq;             // Frequency of the electric field
        BigReal eFieldPhase;            // Phase phi, cos(w*t-phi*PI/180) 

        Bool stirOn;                   // Should a stirring torque be applied
        char stirFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];          // Stirring filename (atoms marked)
        //do the below two even needed to be defined?
        BigReal stirStartingTheta;     // Stir starting theta offset
        BigReal stirVel;               // Stir angular velocity
        BigReal stirK;                 // Stir force harmonic spring constant
        zVector stirAxis;              // Direction of stir axis
        zVector stirPivot;             // Pivot point of stir axis

        Bool extraBondsOn;              // read extra bonded forces
        Bool extraBondsCosAngles;       // extra angles are cosine-based
        Bool extraBondsCosAnglesSetByUser; // did the user set this explicitly

        Bool consForceOn;               //  Should constant force be applied
  char consForceFile[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];
        BigReal consForceScaling;

        int computeEnergies;            //  Number of timesteps between energey evaluations
        int outputEnergies;             //  Number of timesteps between energy
                                        //  outputs

        int outputEnergiesPrecision;    //  Precision of energy outputs

        int outputMomenta;              //  Number of timesteps between momentum
                                        //  outputs

        int outputTiming;               //  Number of timesteps between timing
                                        //  outputs

        Bool outputPerformance;         //  Calculate performance statistics?
                                        //  Running stats for performance
                                        //  printed on each outputTiming step

        int benchmarkTime;              //  Terminate simulation after running 
                                        //  for specified number of seconds,
                                        //  intended for benchmarking

        int outputCudaTiming;           //  Number of timesteps between timing
                                        //  outputs of CUDA code

        int outputPressure;             //  Number of timesteps between pressure
                                        //  tensor outputs

        Bool mergeCrossterms;           //  Merge crossterm energy w/ dihedrals

        int firstTimestep;              //  Starting timestep.  Will be 0 unless
                                        //  restarting a simulation

        MTSChoices MTSAlgorithm;        //  What multiple timestep algorithm
                                        //  to use

        int longSplitting;              //  What electrostatic splitting        
                                        //  to use

        Bool ignoreMass;                //  Mass < 3.5 does not indicate hydrogen, etc.

        int splitPatch;                 // How are patches determined?
        BigReal hgroupCutoff;           // what is the added hydrogen margin?

        int mollyOn;                    // mollify long range forces?
        BigReal mollyTol;               // error tolerance for molly
        int mollyIter;                  // max number of iterations for molly

        int rigidBonds;                 // what type of rigid bonds to hydrogens
                                        // none, all, or only water

        BigReal rigidTol;               // error tolerance for rigid bonds
        int rigidIter;                  // Number of NR iterations 
        int rigidDie;                   // die if rigidTol not achieved

        Bool useSettle;                 // Use SETTLE; requires rigid waters

        Bool testOn;                    //  Do tests rather than simulation
        Bool commOnly;                  //  Don't do any force evaluations
        Bool statsOn;                   //  Don't do any force evaluations

        int totalAtoms;                 //  Total Number of atoms in simulation
        int maxSelfPart;                // maximum number of self partitions
                                        // that a patch can be split into
        int maxPairPart;                // maximum number of pair partitions
                                        // that a patch can be split into
        int numAtomsSelf;               // maximum number of atoms in a single
                                        // self-compute 
        int numAtomsSelf2;              // maximum number of atoms in a pair compute
                                        // in the presence of twoAwayX,Y,Z options
        int numAtomsPair;               // maximum number of atoms in a single
                                        // pair-compute 
        int numAtomsPair2;              // maximum number of atoms in a single
                                        // pair-compute 
        int minAtomsPerPatch;           // minimum average atoms per patch
                                        //  (may create larger patches) 
        int emptyPatchLoad;             // atoms worth of load generated by empty patch
                                        //  (added to atom count during node assignment)
        int maxExclusionFlags;          // maximum size of exclusion check list
                                        // for any given atom
        Bool outputPatchDetails;        // print number of atoms per patch
        Bool staticAtomAssignment;      // never migrate atoms
        Bool replicaUniformPatchGrids;  // same patch grid size on all replicas

        //
        // hydrogen bond simulation parameters
        //

        // should the hydrogen bond term be used?  If FALSE, all other
        // hydrogen bond parameters are unnecessary in simulation.
        Bool HydrogenBonds;

        // should the antecedent atom be used in the calculation of hbonds?
        Bool useAntecedent;

        // exponents used in hydrogen bond energy function:
        //   aaAngleExp = exp for H-A-AA angle term (n)
        //   haAngleExp = exp for D-H-A angle term (m)
        //   distAttExp = exp for attractive A-D distance term (j)
        //   distRepExp = exp for repulsive A-D distance term (i)
        int aaAngleExp, haAngleExp, distAttExp, distRepExp;

        // cutoff D-H-A angle, and on/off angles for switch fcn (in degrees)
        BigReal dhaCutoffAngle, dhaOnAngle, dhaOffAngle;

        // cutoff distance for D-A separation in hbonds (in Angstroms), and
        // on/off distances for hbond radial term switching function
        BigReal daCutoffDist, daOnDist, daOffDist;

        // IMD parameters
        int IMDon;    // enable IMD
        int IMDport;  // port on which to listen for connections
        int IMDfreq;  // frequency at which coordinates will be available
        int IMDwait;  // if true, pause the simulation when there is no
                      // connection
        int IMDignore;  // IMD connection does not influence simulation
                        // only sends coordinates and energies to VMD
        int IMDignoreForces;  // Only the Forces are ignored. Finish, Pause and Resume are enabled
                        
        
        // AMBER options
        Bool amberOn; // FLAG TRUE-> amber force field is used
        Bool oldParmReader; // FLAG TRUE -> use the old Amber parm/parm7 reader
        Bool readExclusions; // FLAG TRUE-> Read exclusions from parm file
        BigReal vdwscale14; //  Scaling factor for 1-4 VDW interactions

        // GROMACS options
        Bool gromacsOn; // FLAG TRUE -> gromacs-style force field is used

        // OPLS options
        Bool vdwGeometricSigma;  // Lennard-J sigma uses geometric mean

        // ScriptTcl argument passing
        BigReal scriptArg1;
        BigReal scriptArg2;
        BigReal scriptArg3;
        BigReal scriptArg4;
        BigReal scriptArg5;
        int scriptIntArg1;
        int scriptIntArg2;
        char scriptStringArg1[128];
        char scriptStringArg2[128];

        Bool useCompressedPsf;
        Bool genCompressedPsf;

        Bool usePluginIO;

        Bool mallocTest;
        Bool printExclusions;

        //default value is -1
        int proxySendSpanningTree;
        int proxyRecvSpanningTree;

    int proxyTreeBranchFactor;


    //fields needed for Parallel IO Input
    int numinputprocs;
    char *binAtomFile;
    char *binCoorFile;
    char *binVelFile; 
    char *binRefFile; 
    
    //fields needed for Parallel IO Output
    int numoutputprocs; 
    int numoutputwrts;

        char computeMapFilename[NAMD_FILENAME_BUFFER_SIZE];             //  store compute map
        Bool storeComputeMap;
        Bool loadComputeMap;

        // MIC-specific parameters
        int mic_hostSplit;
        int mic_numParts_self_p1;
        int mic_numParts_pair_p1;
        int mic_numParts_pair_p2;
        int mic_unloadMICPEs;
        int mic_deviceThreshold;
        int mic_singleKernel;

        // AVX-512 Tiles optimizations
        Bool useAVXTiles;

    Bool useCudaGlobal;
    int cudaGlobalProfilingFreq;
    Bool usePytorchForces;


public:

        SimParameters() : mgridforcelist(), parseopts(0) {};
        SimParameters(ConfigList *c, char *&cwd) : mgridforcelist(), parseopts(0) {
          initialize_config_data(c,cwd);
        };
        ~SimParameters() {};

        void initialize_config_data(ConfigList *, char *&cwd);
                                        //  Initialize SimParameters data
                                        //  from the ConfigList object
        void send_SimParameters(MOStream *);    
                                        //  Used by the master process
                                        //  to send the paramters to
                                        //  the other processors
        void receive_SimParameters(MIStream *);  
                                        //  Used by the other processors
                                        //  to receive the data from the
                                        //  master process
        void scriptSet(const char *, const char *);
                                        //  Set parameters at run time
        void close_dcdfile();  // *** implemented in Output.C ***
        void close_veldcdfile();  // *** implemented in Output.C ***
        static void nonbonded_select();
        static void pme_select();

        int isSendSpanningTreeOn(){ return proxySendSpanningTree == 1; }
        int isSendSpanningTreeUnset() { return proxySendSpanningTree == -1; }
        int isRecvSpanningTreeOn(){ return proxyRecvSpanningTree == 1; }
        int isRecvSpanningTreeUnset() { return proxyRecvSpanningTree == -1; }

        bool isMultiTimeStepping() {
          return (fullElectFrequency != 1) || (nonbondedFrequency != 1);
        }

        char* getfromparseopts(const char* name, char *outbuf);
        int istrueinparseopts(const char* name);
        int issetinparseopts(const char* name);

        void readExtendedSystem(const char *filename, Lattice *latptr=0);
private:
        ParseOptions *parseopts;

        void config_parser(ParseOptions &opts);

        void config_parser_basic(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_fileio(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_fullelect(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_methods(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_constraints(ParseOptions &opts);
#ifdef OPENATOM_VERSION
        void config_parser_openatom(ParseOptions &opts);
#endif //OPENATOM_VERSION
        /* BEGIN gf */
        void config_parser_gridforce(ParseOptions &opts);
        /* END gf */
        void config_parser_dcd_selections(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_movdrag(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_rotdrag(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_constorque(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_boundary(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_misc(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_mgridforce(ParseOptions &opts);
        void config_parser_group_restraints(ParseOptions &opts);
        void parse_mgrid_string_param(ConfigList *config,
                                      const char *fieldname, char** dest);
        void parse_mgrid_params(ConfigList *config);
        void print_mgrid_params();
        void parse_group_restraints_params(ConfigList *config);

        void check_config(ParseOptions &opts, ConfigList *config, char *&cwd);

        void print_config(ParseOptions &opts, ConfigList *config, char *&cwd);

        void create_output_directories(const char *dirname);

        int fmaFrequency;               //  outdated parameter name
        char loadBalancer[64];          //  Load balancer
        char loadStrategy[64];          //  Load balancing strategy

};

#endif