Files from prior versions of SORTIE
If you used previous versions of SORTIE, you may have a collection of files you used for runs. This version of SORTIE can read some of those files. (If you have not used previous versions of SORTIE, this topic is probably irrelevant for you.) Supported file types:
- Parameter files (.par). Only version 5 files are supported (check the number that appears first in the parameter file). Input a parameter file using "File->Open file" on the menu. SORTIE does the following with an old parameter file:
- Converts plot dimensions to the new SORTIE coordinate system.
- Infers the list of behaviors and their settings.
- Reads the data in the file and converts values, when necessary. Many units have changed; for instance, some parameters were formerly in units per five-year period and are now in units per year. SORTIE automatically recalculates any of these that it finds.
SORTIE will give you warnings if it cannot make automatic conversions of any of your data that require conversion. Even if you get no warnings, it is a good idea to double-check the settings to make sure SORTIE made the correct assumptions. Once the old parameter file has been read, it can be saved in the new format and used to perform a run.
- Harvest regime files (.hvr). A harvest regime file is a specification for harvest and planting for a run. A harvest regime file can be read in once a parameter file has been loaded. The parameter file must have the same species, and in the same order, as the file originally used to create the harvest regime file. In addition, the loaded parameter file must have a number of timesteps at least as large as the timestep of the last harvest or planting event. The old versions of SORTIE relied upon a hard-wired grid cell area for the harvest and planting specifications, while the new version may have a different resolution. SORTIE will make the conversion, but the areas of harvest and/or planting may be slightly different afterwards. To read a harvest regime file, use "File->Add old SORTIE file".
- Output files (.out). Old output files can be viewed in the data visualization functions of the model.
Tree map files (.stmf). The format for tree map files from older versions of SORTIE is no longer supported. However, SORTIE-ND does support a different tab-delimited tree map file format. It is easy to manually convert any old .stmf files to the new format using a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel.
All other file types are unsupported.
Last updated: 30-Mar-2005 02:51 PM