--- trunk/src/primitives/DirectionalAtom.cpp	2005/04/15 22:04:00	507
+++ trunk/src/primitives/DirectionalAtom.cpp	2005/10/12 21:00:59	663
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ namespace oopse {
 
       if (nLinearAxis > 1) {
         sprintf( painCave.errMsg,
-		 "Directional Atom error.\n"
+		 "Directional Atom warning.\n"
 		 "\tOOPSE found more than one axis in this directional atom with a vanishing \n"
 		 "\tmoment of inertia.");
-        painCave.isFatal = 1;
+        painCave.isFatal = 0;
         simError();
       }
       
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ namespace oopse {
 
     for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++ ) {
 
-      grad[3] += torque[j]*ephi[j];
-      grad[4] += torque[j]*etheta[j];
-      grad[5] += torque[j]*epsi[j];
+      grad[3] -= torque[j]*ephi[j];
+      grad[4] -= torque[j]*etheta[j];
+      grad[5] -= torque[j]*epsi[j];
 
     }