Beginning with release 8.0, RiverSMART and RiverWare release version numbers are synchronized, and RiverSMART requires the same version of RiverWare. For example, RiverSMART 8.2 requires RiverWare 8.2; the patch levels may differ.

To support this requirement, the RiverWare batch mode command “RiverSMARTVersion <major>.<minor>” was added to RiverSMART. RiverSMART adds the command to the batch script that configures the RiverWare model file for a scenario; if the RiverWare version does not match, the command fails with a meaningful error message. This eliminates the possibility of errors caused by version mismatches, which can be difficult for a user to understand.