Rendering Halos Expensive?

Unity Engine
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I have a handful of lanterns set up for a game that needs to run well on older machines. This question came up as a result: are halos expensive to render? Do they take up a raycast, add a draw call, etc etc etc?

Thanks,

  • Matt
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Halos are pretty cheap. All halos are drawn in a single draw call; they don’t do any raycasts (just they fade out when being very close to the camera). Each halo is 21 vertices (in a fan-like shape).

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Excellent, thanks much Aras!