--- trunk/OOPSE/libmdtools/SimSetup.cpp	2003/08/20 19:42:31	707
+++ trunk/OOPSE/libmdtools/SimSetup.cpp	2003/08/20 22:23:34	708
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <string>
+#include <sys/time.h> 
 
 #include "SimSetup.hpp"
 #include "ReadWrite.hpp"
@@ -766,9 +767,32 @@ void SimSetup::gatherInfo( void ){
       
       info[i].setBox( boxVector );
     }
+  }
+
+  int seedValue;
+  struct timeval now_time_val;
+  struct timezone time_zone;
 
+  if(globals->haveSeed()){
+    seedValue = globals->getSeed();
   }
-    
+  else{
+#ifndef IS_MPI
+    gettimeofday(&now_time_val, &time_zone);  // get the time now  
+    seedValue = (int) now_time_val.tv_sec;      //  convert to epoch time 
+#else 
+    if(worldRank == 0){
+      gettimeofday(&now_time_val, &time_zone);  // get the time now 
+      seedValue = (int) now_time_val.tv_sec;      //  convert to epoch time       
+    }
+     MPI_Bcast(&seedValue, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);   
+#endif
+  }
+
+  for(int i = 0; i < nInfo; i++){
+    info[i].setSeed(seedValue);
+  }
+
 #ifdef IS_MPI
   strcpy( checkPointMsg, "Succesfully gathered all information from Bass\n" );
   MPIcheckPoint();