To wrap on this for now, I stared at the effect for a few min and found that raising the layers to 12 still had a few “wink outs”.
It’s running exactly how I imagined with these numbers, with all smooth fade in and outs:
StylePtr<Layers<
Black,
TransitionLoop<AlphaL<Black,Int<0>>,TrDoEffect<TrDelay<1000>,EFFECT_USER1>>,
MultiTransitionEffectL<TrConcat<TrFade<3000>,AlphaL<Yellow,Bump<EffectPosition<>,Int<1000>>>,TrFade<3000>>,EFFECT_USER1,24>>>(),
I didn’t do any calculations, just ran several sets of values in different presets and compared them on the saber.
My wife wants to say thanks!