--- trunk/src/utils/simError.cpp	2013/10/31 15:32:17	1938
+++ trunk/src/utils/simError.cpp	2014/02/26 14:14:50	1969
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void initSimError( void ){
   painCave.isEventLoop = 0;
   nChecks = 0;
 #ifdef IS_MPI
-  worldRank = MPI::COMM_WORLD.Get_rank();
+  MPI_Comm_rank( MPI_COMM_WORLD, &worldRank);
 #else
   worldRank = 0;
 #endif
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ int simError( void ) {
 
   if (painCave.isFatal) {
 #ifdef IS_MPI    
-    MPI::COMM_WORLD.Allreduce(&myError, &isError, 1, MPI::INT, MPI::LOR);
-    MPI::Finalize();
+    MPI_Allreduce(&myError, &isError, 1, MPI_INT, MPI_LOR, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+    MPI_Finalize();
 #endif
     exit(0);
   }  
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ void errorCheckPoint( void ){
   int isError = 0;
   
 #ifdef IS_MPI
-  MPI::COMM_WORLD.Allreduce(&myError, &isError, 1, MPI::INT, MPI::LOR);
+  MPI_Allreduce(&myError, &isError, 1, MPI_INT, MPI_LOR, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
 #else
   isError = myError;
 #endif
   
   if( isError ){    
 #ifdef IS_MPI
-    MPI::Finalize();
+    MPI_Finalize();
 #endif    
     exit(0);
   }