#380: AHFinderDirect failure with qc0-mclachlan.par ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Reporter: hinder | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: ET_2011_05 Component: Other | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------
Comment (by eschnett):
I think ahmask is used only for excision, and since we don't use excision in our vacuum simulations we don't need it. Without excision, horizons can shrink, and there is no reason to disallow using points from inside the horizon.
AHFinderDirect has a few parameters called use_mask, set_mask_* etc., and these should all be false in the sample QC0 simulations. Apparently they are not.
In the short term, I would follow your suggestion and increase the number of time levels, since this seems safer.
In the long run, I would like to add a facility to completely disable this mask. In our vacuum simulations, the mask is set to all zeros anyway.