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 SOLVE Frequently-asked questions

What is the best way to tell if my data are good?
Can I input sites that I already know into SOLVE?
Can I use a solution at low resolution to run SOLVE at high resolution?
What do "checksolve" and "comparisonfile" do?
Will SOLVE give me the right hand for my structure?

How do I get a bigger version of SOLVE?
Do I need a new access file for a new version of SOLVE?

Where do I get f? and f? scattering factors?
Where do I get scattering factors for atoms that SOLVE has not heard of?
Why are the figures of merit in the solve.status file not quite the same as the final values?
Should I use all my data, or just the good data?
Will SOLVE use NCS?
Why should I use NO MERGE ORIGINAL INDEX in scalepack?

Can I compare Z-scores for SOLVE runs in different space groups? At different resolutions?
Can I read in data in 2 different formats?
Can I convert solve files like ?mad_fbar.scl? into mtz files?
Can I look at my patterson maps?

Why do I get an execution error with no output when I try to run SOLVE?
Why does SOLVE say ?CELL DIMENSION   <1 OR > 1000 FOUND?
Why does SOLVE say ?/sbin/loader: Fatal Error: set_program_attributes failed to set heap start??
Why doesn?t COMBINE_ALL work for me?

Why can't SOLVE find 2 sites that are quite close together?