diff --git a/src/core/node.cc b/src/core/node.cc
index 70c3115..552cf3f 100644
--- a/src/core/node.cc
+++ b/src/core/node.cc
@@ -782,6 +782,20 @@ acNodePeriodicBoundcondStep(const Node node, const Stream stream,
     return AC_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+AcResult
+acNodeGeneralBoundcondStep(const Node node, const Stream stream,
+                           const VertexBufferHandle vtxbuf_handle)
+{
+    local_boundcondstep(node, stream, vtxbuf_handle);
+    acNodeSynchronizeVertexBuffer(node, stream, vtxbuf_handle);
+
+    //MV: assume that global step communication is handles by acNodePeriodicBoundcondStep as above. 
+    //global_boundcondstep(node, stream, vtxbuf_handle);
+  
+
+    return AC_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 AcResult
 acNodePeriodicBoundconds(const Node node, const Stream stream)
 {
@@ -791,6 +805,15 @@ acNodePeriodicBoundconds(const Node node, const Stream stream)
     return AC_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+AcResult
+acNodeGeneralBoundconds(const Node node, const Stream stream)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_VTXBUF_HANDLES; ++i) {
+        acNodeGeneralBoundcondStep(node, stream, (VertexBufferHandle)i);
+    }
+    return AC_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 static AcReal
 simple_final_reduce_scal(const Node node, const ReductionType& rtype, const AcReal* results,
                          const int& n)