Introduction
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Compass Navigator Pro 3 is a professional UI navigation system for Unity, commonly used in adventure, RPG and open-world games. It provides compass bars, mini-maps, radar, on/off-screen indicators and points of interest (POIs) with a rich event system and full scripting API.
Compatibility: Unity 2022.3 LTS or later. Works with Built-in, URP and HDRP render pipelines.
Main Components
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Compass Bar | Horizontal navigation strip showing cardinal/ordinal directions and POI icons. Multiple built-in styles (Angled, Rounded, Celtic, Fantasy, SciFi, Clean) or fully custom art. |
| Mini-Map | Top-down world view, world-mapped texture, UI texture or radar mode. Supports fog of war, zoom, full-screen toggle and LUT color grading. |
| On-Screen Indicators | In-world markers that point toward visible POIs, with distance and title display. |
| Off-Screen Indicators | Edge-of-screen arrows for POIs outside the camera view, with anti-overlap system. |
| POI System | Add CompassProPOI to any GameObject. Supports visited states, discovery text, beacon/heartbeat effects and custom icons. |
| Scan Effect | Radar-like world scan that detects POIs and triggers events. Customizable via ScanProfile assets. |
Key Features
- Drag-and-drop setup — add the prefab from GameObject > UI > Compass Navigator Pro and configure everything from a centralized inspector.
- Area of Interest system — efficient management of hundreds or thousands of POIs by processing only those within a configurable range.
- Multiple instances — up to 4 compass instances per scene for split-screen, multiple viewports or separate UI layers.
- Interactive mini-map — click, hover, drag, zoom and enter full-screen map mode.
- Rich event system — UnityEvents for POI visited, visible, hidden, registered, circle enter/exit, mini-map clicks and more.
- Complete C# API — every inspector parameter is accessible via script. See Scripting Support (C#).
Videos
Next Steps
- Quick Start — get running in under five minutes.
- Compass Bar Settings — configure the compass bar appearance and behavior.
- Scripting Support (C#) — full API reference.
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