Can't Invent from some blueprint copies?

[Arlique_Ansari]

My [Mobile Tractor Unit Blueprint - Copy] has a greyed out “Invention” icon in the [Show Info/Industry] tab. Same result if i drop it into the Industry window in an Invention-capable station.

How can i, or why can’t i, know this before investing in the blueprint and making the copy?

Where are the ‘Packrat’ and ‘Magpie’ blueprints coming from? Why are they not viewable in the [Regional Market]? (and is that the only indicator that you can’t invent them?) Who do i have to kill to get this information available in-game? eg: mouse over the invention tag and get a pop-up balloon: “Tech II models of this unit cannot be invented”.

[ISD_Sakimura]

@Arlique_Ansari

How can i, or why can’t i, know this before investing in the blueprint and making the copy?

You can look it up:

1. Search for the BPO in the market, show info.
2. Click on the “Copy” icon, then show info on the copy
3. Now you can see the info a copy has as well as what you can do with it.

@Arlique_Ansari

Where are the ‘Packrat’ and ‘Magpie’ blueprints coming from?

They are seeded through Relic/data sites

@Arlique_Ansari

“Tech II models of this unit cannot be invented”.

Tech 2 variant does not exist

[Steve_Ronuken]

Or search, using the handy dandy new universal search in the top left

[ISD_Sakimura]

@Steve_Ronuken

Or search, using the handy dandy new universal search in the top left

Old habits die hard!

[techzer0]

@Arlique_Ansari

How can i, or why can’t i, know this before investing in the blueprint and making the copy?

How come you don’t know that invention creates Tech 2?
How come you don’t know that invention does not create named items?

[sesanti]

Maybe he’s learning? Just like you did not know at all what invention was about at some point in time? And then your learnt?