Psychtoolbox 3.0.13 “Jump Prep!” was released at 6th December 2016. As usual, the complete development history can be found in our GitHub repository. The release tag is “PTB_Beta-2016-12-06_V3.0.13”, with the full tree and commit logs under the URL:

Release: https://github.com/Psychtoolbox-3/Psychtoolbox-3/tree/PTB_Beta-2016-12-06_V3.0.13

New features and improvements:

All operating systems:

• Download/Setup/UpdatePsychtoolbox: Be more lenient on unsupported platforms, to allow downloading of old PTB versions.
• Fix compatibility of MOGL low-level OpenGL for Matlab support with Matlab R2015b and later versions.
• MOGL: Fix glClearNamedFramebufferfi().
• Improvements to DaqAInScan(), some by user jsdpag. New option options.nodiscard. Robustness improvements if multiple DAQ’s are connected. Fixes for Matlab’s brokeness since R2013b.
• Improvements to ple and PsychEyelinkDispatchCallback by iandol.
• Fix getting Psychtoolbox root folder in scripts with nested functions, by zacklb.
• NetStation: Fixed bug for less than 4 arguments for an event and improved argument handling for events. By Justin Ales.
• VBLSyncTest: Only abort via ESC key, truncate plots/analysis on short (aborted by ESC) runs.
• Fixes to text rendering plugin for textHeight return argument of Screen(‘TextBounds’) by Diederick.
• Misc other fixes and lots of low level compatibility/maintenance work, e.g. upgrade of Screen() and moglcore() to GLEW-2.0, which is now the minimum required GLEW version.

OSX:

• Screen: New workarounds for the deficient Apple OS, to avoid some crashes of Matlab/Octave after a ‘clear all’ and then running a PTB script using Screen() again.
• PsychtoolboxKernelDriver: Add support for AMD Polaris and Nvidia Pascal gpu families. Support for OSX 10.12 “Sierra”.
• LoadIdentityClut: Intel HD gfx needs type 2 lut on OSX. At least on current Intel HD chips.

Windows:

• Fix potential ‘deviceIndex’ breakage for KbCheck on Windows.
• IOPort on Windows: Allow specification of COM port numbers > 9, e.g., COM10.

Linux:

• Linux: Disable loading of ‘lp’ parallel port line-printer module harder, to simplify use of parallel ports for digital i/o.
• Various improvements related to use of hybrid graphics/switchable graphics/Enduro/Optimus Laptops under Linux.
• Linux: Add docu, config files and modified modesetting ddx for some use of NVidia Optimus Laptops under Linux with the proprietary NVidia driver under X-Server 1.19. See “help HybridGraphics”.