Resize fluid container to encompass custom fields Houdini 18

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Hi Everyone,

I am stuck with one section of my pyro simulation. I am using gas target force microsolver to push my smoke towards my goal field. I have sourced my density and goal with volume source nodes, merged and plugged into the source input of the pyro solver (sparse). My density is going to the density field, and my goal is going to the goal field. I am using a gas match field to create the goal field, prior to sourcing in the goal from my source volumes. The issue is the fluid container for the simulation does not grow large enough to encompass my goal field aswell. I normally would just increase the size of the fluid container manually to encompass all my fields, but there is no such option on the sparse pyro solver, and sparse smoke object. I have also tried using gas resize fluid dynamic, and plugging in my goal and density field into the reference field, but it does not work. I am sure this is quite simple, but I cannot figure out how to get the fluid container to grow to encompass both my density and my goal field. Currently my target force nodes are disabled because they serve no purpose right now. Any help would be really appreciated, thank you. I have attached my hip file with post.

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EDIT:

I knew there was something really small I was missing. SESI really knows how to make things streamlined, and this new insight is really helpful. Thank you SESI! The fix for this issue is something REALLY small. In the new sparse pyro solver, under the advanced tab, there is a resizing tab. You can put any number of fields to reference to resize the simulation region. I simply put my goal field in alongside the default density and flame, and it works! For those wondering where to find it, I have uploaded a picture alongside my edit so you can see what I mean. Glad to have this working now!

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