From 829f60b32a88a7c6f2af1fe7833521984e137256 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gene Van Buren <gene@bnl.gov>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:48:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Re-work Victor's attempt to keep tracks with bad first hit

---
 StRoot/Sti/StiKalmanTrack.cxx | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/StRoot/Sti/StiKalmanTrack.cxx b/StRoot/Sti/StiKalmanTrack.cxx
index 280c4dde0ca..b1a47c6a98c 100644
--- a/StRoot/Sti/StiKalmanTrack.cxx
+++ b/StRoot/Sti/StiKalmanTrack.cxx
@@ -1658,42 +1658,40 @@ static int nCall=0;nCall++;
   StiKTNIterator source;
   StiKalmanTrackNode *pNode = 0,*targetNode;
   int iNode=0, status = 0;
-  bool isStarted=false,restIsWrong=false;
+  bool isStarted=false;
   sTNH.setDir(1);
   for (source=rbegin();source!=rend();source++) {
     iNode++;
     targetNode = &(*source);
 
-    if (restIsWrong) { targetNode->setInvalid(); continue;}
     if (!isStarted) {
       if (!targetNode->getHit()) 	targetNode->setInvalid();		
       if ( targetNode->getChi2()>1000) 	targetNode->setInvalid();
       if (!targetNode->isValid()) 	continue;
     }
-    isStarted = true;
     sTNH.set(pNode,targetNode);
     status = sTNH.makeFit(0);
-    if (status) {restIsWrong = true; targetNode->setInvalid();}
+    if (status) {targetNode->setInvalid();continue;}
     if (!targetNode->isValid()) 	continue;
+    isStarted = true;
     pNode = targetNode;
   }//end for of nodes
 
-    pNode = 0; iNode=0;isStarted=false;restIsWrong=false;
+    pNode = 0; iNode=0;isStarted=false;
   sTNH.setDir(0);
   for (source=begin();source!=end();source++) {
     iNode++;
     targetNode = &(*source);
-    if (restIsWrong) { targetNode->setInvalid(); continue;}
     if (!isStarted) {
       if (!targetNode->getHit()) 	targetNode->setInvalid();		
       if ( targetNode->getChi2()>1000) 	targetNode->setInvalid();
       if (!targetNode->isValid()) 	continue;
     }
-    isStarted = true;
     sTNH.set(pNode,targetNode);
     status = sTNH.makeFit(1);
-    if (status) {restIsWrong = true; targetNode->setInvalid();}
+    if (status) {targetNode->setInvalid();continue;}
     if (!targetNode->isValid()) 	continue;
+    isStarted = true;
     pNode = targetNode;
   }//end for of nodes
   return 0;