NordGuide

Overview

NordGuide is a Valheim mod that adds an immersive compass UI at the top of the screen. It displays the cardinal directions (N/E/S/W) and minimap POIs (shrines, pings, etc.) aligned to the camera heading — with dynamic size and smooth distance-based fading. It displays all the minimap icons in the compass UI(mod icons included)

Configuration (BepInEx/config/NordGuide.cfg)

[HUD]

## Activates or deactivates NordGuide’s compass.
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: true
Enable Compass = true

## If true, the small HUD minimap is hidden (the large world map still works).
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: false
Hide Minimap (Small HUD) = false

## Distance (in meters) at which POI icons fully disappear.
# Setting type: Single
# Default value: 500
POI Disappear Distance = 500

Credits

• Developed by BRKiHeL (Genesis Project).
• Thanks to the Valheim modding community.
• License: MIT (suggested; update if different).

Changelog

v1.0.0

• Initial stable release of NordGuide.
• Compass bar with N/E/S/W and tick marks.
• Correct UV/aspect handling for packed/trimmed/rotated sprites (DataUtility.GetOuterUV + textureRect).
• Distance-based scaling for POIs with visible effect; configurable disappearance distance (PoiDisappearDistance).
• Smooth distance fade to disappearance (config: POI Disappear Distance).
• Ping animation (pulsing) like the minimap.
• Option to hide the small HUD minimap; world map (M) unaffected.
• Layout derived from bgTexture dimensions (supports new 1400x150 bar asset).
• Usable height/width factors so POIs and cardinals scale to the bar’s usable area.
• Compass position and size parameters simplified (top offset, width percent or height-based sizing).

v1.0.1

• Embedded PNG assets and runtime loader (AssetsManager) with normalized resource keys.
• Locale auto-detection (Portuguese vs others) with dynamic swap of E/W ↔ L/O cardinals and hot-reload on language change.
• Language check moved to PlayerPrefs("language") with Unity system language as fallback; periodic check in Update with low cost.
• Edge fade behavior tuned via VisibleSpanDeg, EdgeFadeInnerFrac, and a reduced usable horizontal span to fade before the frame.
• POI and cardinal sizes tied to the bar’s height for consistent proportions across resolutions.
• Minimap icon rendering now uses Sprite outer UVs and textureRect to avoid atlas packing issues.

v1.0.1

• Refactored some code and corrected some texts.