Hi Spencer,

please check your retain_order setting, it should be off (default). If it's on, 
also check your pymolrc if you're setting it there.

http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Retain_order
http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Pymolrc

Cheers,
  Thomas

On 22 Apr 2015, at 20:39, Spencer Bliven <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm working on a script which involves joining two objects together, which I 
> do using the create command. The input objects have different chain 
> identifiers, but identical residue numbers. When I create the joined object, 
> I would expect all atoms from the first object to be added, followed by all 
> atoms from the second object (with atom IDs being unchanged for the first 
> object, and then continuing sequentially for the second object). Instead, the 
> produced object alternates between atoms of each of the input objects:
> 
> PyMOL>iterate joined, print (ID,chain,name)
> (0, 'A', 'N')
> (1, 'B', 'N')
> (2, 'A', 'CA')
> (3, 'B', 'CA')
> (4, 'A', 'C')
> (5, 'B', 'C')
> (6, 'A', 'O')
> (7, 'B', 'O')
> ...
> 
> 
> This order breaks cartoon and ribbon representations, as well as makes the 
> sequence view display each atom individually rather than combining residues.
> 
> A somewhat convoluted but reproducible case follows (Using MacPyMOL 1.7.4):
> 
> fetch 4rp9, type=pdb1
> split_states 4rp9
> alter 4rp9_0002, chain = 'B'
> create joined, 4rp9_* and resi 282
> 
> I've tried various combinations of the rebuild and sort commands, as well as 
> manually changing the IDs of the objects, but I haven't been able to find a 
> workaround yet. Sort seems to operate on the resi and ignores the ID & chain.
> 
> Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Spencer


-- 
Thomas Holder
PyMOL Principal Developer
Schrödinger, Inc.


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