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<p>Hi Roland,</p>
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<p>Thank you for your message.</p>
<p>In the local version I have from the docs (UsersGuide.pdf version 4.14 <span>commit cd7e0d57217bec3023091c951729faf982cf5f54</span>), it gets mentioned in paragraph D2.3.2, in the INT case (REAL being the same), </p>
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<div>Here, a <range description> specifies a set of integers, and has one of the<br>
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Regardless, it seems that the param.ccl from Coordinate still uses just * for h_radial_1.</div>
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Rather than my actual par file, here is a more minimal working example <span>(attached par file)</span>, derived from the Kerr-Schild_Multipole gallery example. I'm attaching the output file of the simulation. Note that a test without radial stretching did
run properly - and so does a run with stretching when the range in param.ccl is *:* .</div>
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For these tests, I made a fresh installation of the toolkit on the cluster (Deucalion), with the versions of GetComponents and the thornlist indicated at <a href="https://einsteintoolkit.org/download.html" class="OWAAutoLink">https://einsteintoolkit.org/download.html</a> (<span>in
particular, !DEFINE ET_RELEASE = ET_2025_05</span>). I've just commented out some thorns (typically CarpetX related). I am attaching the config file and thornlist, if it can be insightful. I can provide the log files containing the output of "make config"
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Roland Haas <rhaas@mail.ubc.ca><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 12, 2026 15:15<br>
<b>To:</b> Jordan Nicoules via Users<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jordan Nicoules<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Users] Range error setting parameter, on cluster</font>
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Hello Jordan,<br>
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> In the param.ccl of the Coordinate thorn, the range of this parameter<br>
> appears as<br>
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> * :: "negative turns off stretching"<br>
> Changing the * range statement to *:* makes it work on the cluster.<br>
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> Is this some known issue? Is there something specific to look for, in<br>
> the Cactus configuration for instance? So far, I haven't thoroughly<br>
> tested ET versions, different clusters etc, but I can try to provide<br>
> more information if needed.<br>
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Hmm, the docs<br>
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<a href="https://einsteintoolkit.org/usersguide/UsersGuide.html#x1-70000" id="LPlnk525975">https://einsteintoolkit.org/usersguide/UsersGuide.html#x1-70000</a><br>
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are not explicit about this.<br>
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I have certainly used it like this:<br>
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--8<--<br>
Coordinates::radial_stretch = "yes"<br>
Coordinates::stretch_rmin_1 = $outermost_detector + 2.*$initial_orbital_period<br>
Coordinates::stretch_rmax_1 = $outermost_detector + 4.*$initial_orbital_period<br>
Coordinates::h_radial_1 = 4 * $hr<br>
--8<--<br>
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in files of my own (with $hr having been set before).<br>
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Can you attach the full parameter file maybe?<br>
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Yours,<br>
Roland<br>
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