Minimum: Mac OS X 10.4, G4
800Mhz, 32MB VRAM.
Recommended: Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5, Intel Core 1.6Ghz or
better, 128MB VRAM or better.
Release Notes
Minor updates available through the built-in updater may fix some issues you have.
Version 1.0 RC4 Released: August 4th, 2008
New Features:
Addition of "Automatic" or "Self-Paced" option for triggering next trial through Keyboard or Mouse in Experiment Control Settings,
Feature Improvements:
Addition of submenus in Category popup menu in Designer panel, so the user knows what events each category provides,
Fixed:
Fix a problem with Stimulus Selection not always correctly reported in Results,
Fix a problem with Discrimination being limited to 3 decisions instead of the specified number (DiscN),
Fix highlighting of multiple parameters in Expression functions for Custom Stimuli,
Fix a problem with sound feedback not working correctly on some systems,
Proper reset of Control Settings in Palette when generating an experiment using the Wizard,
Fix crash that occurred with invalid or undefined keyboard inputs,
Version 1.0 RC3 Released: June 12th, 2008
New Features:
Support for vectorial to scalar functions (min, max, mean, sum) in Custom Stimuli Expressions,
Support for 9.6 or 10.8 bits monochromatic modes through Bit-Stealing,
Addition of Time-Limited Response and "Ends stimulus/trial" options in Trial Properties of Procedure panel,
Feature Improvements:
Support for Middle Mouse button (3rd button, eg: wheel button),
More information about display settings (resolution, calibration, screen) for the current session shown in the Experiment log,
Better Gamma correction for LCD displays that show a saturating transfer function (through rejection of saturating luminance readings),
Addition of more options for Multimedia Selection (Sequential, Random w/o repeat, Random & reshuffle),
Addition of [SELECTION] system-variable and "Selection" columns in the Trials section of the data table for the first level of the session results (to report stimulus selection in Multimedia),
Most recent "Stimuli, experiments and tutorials Examples" now automatically loaded in Storage area,
User interface improvements:
Addition of a Visual Indicator indicating the Geometry/Gamma/Color Calibration is in progress,
Valid variables highlighted in blue and invalid strings highlighted in red in Custom Stimulus Expressions,
Direction for radial and angular motion in RDK stimuli now specified through a popup menu (Inward/Outward, Clockwise/Anticlockwise),
Fixed:
Registration information correctly set in "About" box,
Quadrant shift now correctly applied when performing a 2D convolution in Fourier space (through conv function),
Display size now properly updated in Display Preferences when display index changes,
Fix a crash that occurred when Timeline event is a part of a Conditional or Association event,
ISI parameter in Trial properties of Procedure panel now correctly saved and retrieved,
Fix a crash that occurred when aborting the experiment during the very first trial,
Direction textfield and slider for uniform motion now correctly synchronized in RDK panel,
Fix complaint about session with similar index when changing the location of the Data folder,
Fix registration bug when clicking twice the Activation/Deactivation button,
Notes for previously run session not anymore overwritten by subsequent sessions,
Mapping of keys 1-9 from keypad now corrected,
NetStation Events Stream properties in Control palette not anymore reset when inspecting stimulus properties,
Version 1.0 RC2 Released: May 1st, 2008
New Features:
Support for comparison ( < > ≤ ≥ ≈ ≠ ) and logical ( & | ) operators in Expressions,
Statistics on frames duration and skipped frames now reported in the Experiment log drawer,
Addition of a checkbox in Onset settings to prevent the standard fixation mark to be displayed, for example when instructions are displayed,
Size of polygon shape stimuli can now be specified either as radius (center-to-corner) or side size,
Preview exporting supported in Static Composing (copy & image),
Feature Improvements:
Selection of Achromatic mode in Experiment Display Settings enforces now an achromatic conversion (R+G+B)/3 at rendering time,
Support for variable/expression-based position coordinates in Multimedia,
Both response (Hit, Miss) and subject's input (key/button naming) are now provided for each trial in the Trials section of the data table for the first level of the session results,
Condition and variables can now be easily duplicated in Conditions method by pressing the Control key and clicking on the '+' button,
Support for Conditional and Association composing in Timeline,
Support for both contrast (low/high) and luminance (dark/light) modes in RDK and MEF Stimuli,
User interface improvements:
Newly created events inside a group event are now automatically shown and selected,
Category created events inside a group event are now automatically shown and selected,
Calibration warning in Experiment display settings acts now as a button to reset the display settings,
Fixed:
Calibration uses now the resolution specified by the popup menu selection rather than the default one set in the Display Prefs,
Chromatic tri-stimulus values can be properly specified using variables and expressions,
Common properties correctly reset with default values when creating new stimulus,
Age of newly added subjects correctly initialized with default month.year birth date,
Title in Category column is now more clearly visible when selected,
Preview with contrast now correctly rendered when background color is not gray,
Combination of multiple criteria for decision made in Discrimination and Yes/No procedures now correctly evaluated,
Decision criteria in Discrimination and Yes/No procedures now correctly reset and initialized,
Chromatic Mode and Color Space set in Defaults Preferences are now kept consistent with each other,
Size parameter in Custom Stimuli can now be used in expressions.