Modifiable Parameters

There are some common parameters that may be modified while a simulation is running. They are changed using the browser at the top of the Sim form just below the connection chooser. These include:  

• Transfer Rate: How often a timestep is transferred from the remote simulation program to VMD. By default, this is 1, which means every calculated timestep is sent. If this is set to some value N, then only every Nth step will send from the remote computer.
• Keep Rate: How often VMD saves the timestep in its animation list, instead of just discarding it after displaying it. By default, this is 0, which means that VMD does not save any frames. When this is 0, then when VMD receives a new frame it replaces the last frame in the animation list with the new frame, instead of appending it. When it is set to some number N larger than 0, then every Nth frame received from the remote simulation will be appended to the animation list, instead of being used to replace the last frame.