I am seeking to run an atomistic simulation and dump id, mol, type. When dumping type, all atoms are automatically assumed to be carbon, even though the data file has types 1 though 11. Using cfg, is there a way to dump the types as a number, rather than an element? Or is dump_modify element the only way of changing the type? Also, if dump_modify element is needed, is there a list that correlates dump_modify element number (ie dump_modify 1 element 1) to a specific element? How would I know which number means Sulfur and which means Hydrogen?
yes.
All details are in the dump_modify documentation page. dump_modify element assigns strings, not numbers, but - of course - numbers are strings, too.