KSC Mini Biomes at R&D. Where did they go?

[LN400]

Some time ago, I remember coming across, totally by accident, a corner lab on R&D counting as a separate mini biome. Now I have looked up all the mini biomes but in the current game (science mode), there is only 1 (R&D) biome there. Moving around trying to write EVA reports, taking measurements, samples, you name it, they all are from R&D, none from the mini biomes. Can someone tell me why this is?

Have the mini biomes been removed?

Are the mini biomes only available in career mode?

Do I need to hug one particular loaction on the walls of the buildings?

Anything else?

[Hupf]

2 hours ago, LN400 said:

Do I need to hug one particular loaction on the walls of the buildings?

This.

Also depends on building level which biomes are available. The wiki page on KSC documents this AFAIR

Edited September 14, 2016 by Hupf

[moogoob]

These mini biomes are all going away as of 1.2, if the change notes are correct.

[LN400]

Alright, thanks for the info, guys. Looks like one better mine for science then before 1.2 comes out (provided the save games will still work). Hugging the walls did the trick. They really enjoy hiding these biomes, don't they?

[Loren Pechtel]

The mini biomes are tiny.  You almost always need to be touching the wall at a point where it dips in a bit.  The only ones I have been able to get without being pressed against a wall are the fuel tanks and the radar dishes.  If your collector can't back up you'll most likely lose it (have to recover where you end up stuck) on anything other than the radar dishes.

Note that the fuel tank ones are only around the legs, not under the tank itself.  It's possible to send a rover too far under them and miss the biome!

[jpinard]

On 9/14/2016 at 1:40 PM, moogoob said:

These mini biomes are all going away as of 1.2, if the change notes are correct.

Did the mini-biomes go away?

[bewing]

48 minutes ago, jpinard said:

Did the mini-biomes go away?

Nope. Just checked and they are still there. You have to touch the building to access its mini-biome.

Slightly unintuitive, since you do get warned about not running into buildings, and it is certainly possible to destroy a building if you run into it way too hard.

Edited July 7, 2019 by bewing

[jpinard]

13 hours ago, bewing said:

You have to touch the building to access its mini-biome.

OK thank you!