[gmx-users] range of gen_seed

[Jochen Hub]

sarbani chattopadhyay wrote:
>   
> Hi everyone,
>                    I want to start from the same starting structure with different velocities.
> 
> In the ".mdp" file. I used 3 different values for "gen_seed" for three different runs : 1. one is 
> the default, the other two are 1 and 571.
> 
> I want to know that does this ensure that the mdrun starts with diffrent velocities ?

You can have a look at the starting velocities by converting the tpr in
a gro file with editconf.

Jochen

> 
> Is there any defined range for the random number generator?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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