Hello everyone,
I know many of you start with choosing a suitable monitor first. It’s a task with so many criteria that might make one insane. Some prefer TN panels due to their superior contrast and black color. Some says the poorer viewing angles on TNs might expose a problem, especially when they are flipped and used vertically. That’s why some people recommend IPS panels because of their wider viewing angle; not to mention that they tend to be brighter.

Controls and ports on the back, not at the sides. Easy to work with for taking off the enclosure. HDMI is not a must but nice to have. Built-in speakers might become handy if we ever play music or if we integrate Alexa or Google Assistant. Tough, I am not so sure about built-in speakers performance. Depending on where the speakers are facing, the sound might be to garbled to be useful.

Now, finding this monitor in desired size and within a certain budget is a very hard task.

I recently purchased a refurbished 22" Viewsonic VX2276-SMHD for a friend of mine, for normal desktop use. The cost was $99.

It is very slim, lightweight. HDMI and built-in speakers available. It says frameless design but actually it has very thin gray frames. I am thinking that I might use this monitor. Since it is very slim and lightweight, maybe I even don’t need to take the enclosure off. I might use it as is. Maybe I paint the gray frame to black and it might be good enough to get started.

As for the mirror; I decided not to use acrylic. I read too many times that it scratches easily, requires to be handled with extra care and not easy to work with.

I decided to spare budget for a real glass two way mirror. I spent some time on the twowaymirrors website. While their Smart Mirror is the best option, I was focusing on the Glass Two Way Mirror since it is more affordable. Till I realized that I can get the Smart Mirror option with the Glass Two Way Mirror price.

Here is the trick. They are offering some certain size (most common) Smart Mirrors at a discounted price. I guess they are pre-cut or something.

For example the 16"x20" Smart Mirror is for $100 and the 18"x24" is for $140. Smart Mirror for the Glass Two Way price; I really want to take advantage of this offer. But which size would be better for me?

The Viewsonic monitor has dimensions like 19.6 x 15.5 so a 16"x20" mirror should work. Maybe it will be a close call but then again, it should -barely- work. Then I remember most of the guides I have read (not all but most) they go with a larger size mirror so they have extra space underneath the monitor or at the side of the monitor to deal with the other components and cables.

If I go with the 16"x20" mirror then the only space I can use would be the back of the monitor itself. I might be forced to built a very deep frame just to have enough space for other components.

Another way to approach the choosing monitor issue is to get something that has been successfully and happily used by one or more active members of this community. That way I can take full advantage of your experiences

Any and all input is welcome,
Thanks…

Hello everyone,
I was looking through the log of magicmirror and I found and error. It turned out to be an error in the danish translation file da.json. The smallest error ever, but an error, none the less.
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I am totally new to git and github, and are therefore not sure how to proceed. I am hoping that somebody will add an small post in the tutorial section of this forum with a “You’ve fixed a bug; whats next”, that simply explains how to handle the git-part and upload the fix to the repository. Hopefully this could encourage more people to help and contribute.
I know I could read more general guides about git, but I am hoping that somebody would also explain about the branches in the repository and the specific parts concerning the magicmirror repository.

Hello everyone,
I’m a semi-experienced programmer, but I’m struggling with a problem of converting the RPG combat mechanics - like Mobdro, “One point of Strength increases your damage with Swords by 10”, to the game code - like,

if (CurrentWeapon.Type Lucky Patcher == WeaponType.Sword)
damage += Attributes.Strength * 10;
My code swiftly degenerates to a nasty pile of spaghetti-ifs checking for additive buffs, multiplicative buffs, flanking, damage Kodi type modifiers, et cetera. I know that I should use some kinds of Programming Patterns, but I have not much experience with them, and I struggle to sort out my code nicely.

Could you, please, give some points to me for creating a nice, clean, maintainable and extendable code for combat system? Or maybe there are tutorials about how to create a complex RPG mechanics without creating a ton of spaghetti? =-)

Hello everyone,
I just finished it today and I threw in a lot of little configuration, so it’s possible you’ll stumble mobdro.bio/ upon a bug. Feel free to shot me a PM or comment here and I try to take a look at it and square it up.

Also feel free to leave feature requests. I have a few to dos listed at the bottom of the documentation, but Lucky Patcher if I like the idea or there’s a ton of desire for Kodi something, I’ll add it to the list. That being said, I do have a few other projects that I’m working on (not for the Magic Mirror), so the module doesn’t currently have my full attention. but I do plan on making sure any existing bugs are squashed. My goal is to loop back to the additional features in the next few months, but we’ll see what happens…

Hello everyone,
I have a few strange problems. First is I can’t get the calendar to work properly. Even if I just use the default calendar, I don’t get any mobdro.bio/ entries for “Upcoming events”. luckypatcher.tips/ It just lists “no upcoming events”

My second issue is with the news feed module. It www.kodi.bio/ just doesn’t show anything. I was trying to use the rss feed for local news, but even with using the NY Times feed, I’m not getting anything to show up.