If you are running the idealized case "em_fire," you must follow some extra steps. The directory test/em_fire contains two fire test cases - hill_simple and two_fires. The files necessary for running these are in the top-level em_fire directory. You must have files named "namelist.input" and "input_sounding" in the em_fire/ directory. If you wish to use one of the provided test cases, you must link them to their generic names (for example, for the two_fires case):

ln -sf namelist.input_two_fires namelist.input

ln -sf input_sounding_two_fires input_sounding

Currently the default namelist.input file is linked to the hill_simple case. If you wish to make your own test case, you will simply need to create the files namelist.input and input_sounding that will correspond to your case (it is advised to start by modifying an existing copy from another case).

Once you have the namelist.input and input_sounding linked to the correct case files, you can return to running ideal.exe: