Is there a compass?

[Spark Bibo]

I have searched high and low in the interface, but I see no possible way of telling directions, as in North, South, East, West. Even watching the sky helps little as I realized its just several layers rotating around, seemingly as I were standing on a pole. So, for a while, i thought "Alright, it's super minimalist, and I just have to devise a way of my own to know whether I'm coming or going, lol. But everything I have tried to look up, people keep referring to cardinal directions, like "Northwest of of you escape pod." And that's not helpful when I have no idea which way in north.

TL;DR Where is a compass, or a way to tell north?

[Coops]

Listen to the radio and visit the places it tells you about. One of the early ones will have a compass blueprint.
Until then, the Aurora wreck is Southeast of the lifepod.

[Spark Bibo]

hmmm. ty for the hint... I thought I had combed through all that, but I will look again.

[Spark Bibo]

Thank you sir! I found it... my god I overlooked that a long time ago.

[admiral1018]

It's impressive that you made it so far without the compass! Glad you were able to find it though.

[Weaver]

Originally posted by Spark Bibo:

Thank you sir! I found it... my god I overlooked that a long time ago.

My first run I missed beacons for like 50 hours. It happens.

[morecha0s]

I have 110 hours in this game thats all I have to say.

[Hiro Protagonist]

Originally posted by Coops:

Until then, the Aurora wreck is Southeast of the lifepod.

The Aurora is big and close, and your starting lifepod position varies slightly game-to-game so the direction can vary a bit. The wreck as a whole is roughly east, the nose (where you access the inside) is more to the north and the engines are more to the south. The ship itself is pointing north-east.

[HyperDimension Bliss]

I personally use a system called "Auroran north" where I just label the direction of the Aurora from the lifepod as "north" and navigate based on that.

[Cougarific]

The sun rises due north and sets due south.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

The sun rises due north and sets due south.

When you only have two hours of Day time before it switches to Night that's not a whole lot of time to orientate yourself with direction, like others have said the Aurora is a better landmark to use because its always gonna be visible due to its size.