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Don't know if anyone has done this, but I'm taking a post from tomfoyle and adding more to it.  You can find the original post here: [url]http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=23756.0[/url] ([url]http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=23756.0[/url])

One of the coolest things about the Emerald Driver is to be able to add a flicker or shimmer effect on the blade like the sabers have in the movies.  I took tomfoyle's specs and tweaked just a few of them, but I stayed true to his list as best I could.  Again, don't know if it's been done, but for noobs like me, something like this is very helpful, especially with the new driver percentage sliders.  

The time I list is the "total time", and I did a 50/50 split on the time.  The values listed first are for the main color, which mostly coincide with tomfoyle's list, and I put that color on the left side of the slider lines.  The values listed below give it the shimmer, and I put them on the right side of the slider line.  The format is Red-Green-Blue-Time.

Arctic Blue   
0   100   100   
0   80   100   0.04s
Adegan Silver   
60   100   69   
45   100   54   0.04s
Bane’s Heart   
100   0   12   
100   0   2   0.06s
Blazing Red   
100   0   0   
75   0   0   0.04s
Consular Green   
0   100   0   
0   80   0   0.04s
Dark Violet Amethyst   
18   0   100   
5   0   100   0.04s
Emerald Green   
0   100   6   
0   100   0   0.08s
Fire Orange   
100   47   0   
100   32   0   0.04s
Guardian Blue   
0   0   100   
0   0   80   0.04s
Hot Pink   
100   0   75   
100   0   50   0.04s
Pyrestone Orange   
100   17   0   
100   7   0   0.04s
Sentinel Yellow   
100   100   0   
100   70   0   0.04s
Violet Amethyst   
48   0   100   
33   0   100   0.04s


I apologize if the formatting is sloppy.  I don't know how to insert tables into the forum just yet.  Hope that helps you get the look you're going for.

MTFBWY

LS-S

Alright, I've been getting/seeing a few questions on this issue, so here is a bit of an update and extension on this thread.

Here is a picture of what my emerald launcher screen looks like for GB (it's the only pic I have).  The screen looks the same for all of my colors, it's just the color of the bars that change.

([url]http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr186/danieltennessen/Emerald%20Settings%20Example_zpsihkbrmge.jpg[/url])

To achieve the flicker this way:

1.  Notice the three vertical lines in your top color bar (the two-tone blue on in my picture)?  Slide one all the way to the left.  Slide the other two together.  If there is space between these two lines, you will have a slower transition between the colors and less of a flicker.
2.  Use the number values above, in my original post to set the two colors.
3.  In your total time box, plug in the numbers you want.  A good range is 0.04 s to 0.10 s.  Then again, you may like the flicker a little faster or slower.
4.  Move the two vertical lines from step 1 to where you want them to be.  In my example, I wanted the standard 100% blue to be the predominant color, and I liked the 0.06 s speed.  So, I slid the two vertical lines about 2/3 of the way to the right.  The computer will automatically adjust the rest of the timing.  The result was that I got 0.04 s on my main color and 0.02 s on my alternate color.  If you were to select 0.08 and put the lines in the middle, then you'd have 0.04 and 0.04 of each of your two colors.  Just remember to keep those two lines together to avoid a fade from one color to another, unless you want that, of course.
5.  Click write to board to save your changes to the board.
6.  Go back to the main launcher page, and hit disconnect.

If you don't like it, you can go back and adjust things.  It will take some time, but stick with it.  Also, when you find the color settings and speed settings you like, you can save them to files (there is a button that says save to file and another that says load from file).  Then, if you want to change, you just plug it in, load it, write it, and disconnect it.

Here is the US video that shows how to make the changes to the colors, for those of us that are visual learners:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJORRyxxR5Q[/url]

You're welcome.
Isn't that the way things usually are, though?  The silly, little things trip us up, and then when we see it...duh!

0.4-0.4-0.4-0.4 works great and looks great, but some (like my wife) may think it's too fast.

So I tempered around and got something more comfortable to the eye which I use as an alternative.

0.10-0.02-0.10-0.02

I really enjoy these settings. Just wished the FOC ended a little quicker.

Question.

If I set that flickering does it sacrifice the flash on clash?  I've set the Idle Pulse to the consular green flicker, but when I change the flash on clash colors the Idle pulse changes as well to match.

You should be able to set independently. I had a similar issue then realized I had been reversing which sections of the color bars corresponded to the FoC, Primary and Idle Pulse.

Thanks for this - it's exactly what I was looking for. It's hard to be a noob :)

Don't know if anyone has done this, but I'm taking a post from tomfoyle and adding more to it.  You can find the original post here: [url]http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=23756.0[/url] ([url]http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=23756.0[/url])

One of the coolest things about the Emerald Driver is to be able to add a flicker or shimmer effect on the blade like the sabers have in the movies.  I took tomfoyle's specs and tweaked just a few of them, but I stayed true to his list as best I could.  Again, don't know if it's been done, but for noobs like me, something like this is very helpful, especially with the new driver percentage sliders.  

The time I list is the "total time", and I did a 50/50 split on the time.  The values listed first are for the main color, which mostly coincide with tomfoyle's list, and I put that color on the left side of the slider lines.  The values listed below give it the shimmer, and I put them on the right side of the slider line.  The format is Red-Green-Blue-Time.

Arctic Blue   
0   100   100   
0   80   100   0.04s
Adegan Silver   
60   100   69   
45   100   54   0.04s
Bane’s Heart   
100   0   12   
100   0   2   0.06s
Blazing Red   
100   0   0   
75   0   0   0.04s
Consular Green   
0   100   0   
0   80   0   0.04s
Dark Violet Amethyst   
18   0   100   
5   0   100   0.04s
Emerald Green   
0   100   6   
0   100   0   0.08s
Fire Orange   
100   47   0   
100   32   0   0.04s
Guardian Blue   
0   0   100   
0   0   80   0.04s
Hot Pink   
100   0   75   
100   0   50   0.04s
Pyrestone Orange   
100   17   0   
100   7   0   0.04s
Sentinel Yellow   
100   100   0   
100   70   0   0.04s
Violet Amethyst   
48   0   100   
33   0   100   0.04s


I apologize if the formatting is sloppy.  I don't know how to insert tables into the forum just yet.  Hope that helps you get the look you're going for.

MTFBWY

LS-S