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So the issue I'm having is with copying spidertrons and making more of the same builds to be used in groups for the same tasks. When you do it over the map view the equipment grid gets requested normally but if you're right next to them and don't have the equipment in your inventory then copy paste the spidertron it will only copy the logistics, name and color while displaying what is missing for the equipment grid and not actually request it to the spidertron. If you do the same through the map view the spidertron gets all the equipment requested via robots. I have attached the video of the situation described.

Thanks for the report. This is working as intended: when copy-pasting settings in person it always tries to insert the full equipment and if it doesn't have the items to do so, it won't insert any and shows the "missing equipment" notification.

When in remote view, it can *never* insert physical items and so it always does the copy as robot ghost-requests.

If all you want is a copy of the spider with equipment setup how it is: simply use ctrl + c and make a copy that way.

Rseding91 wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 4:05 pm simply use ctrl + c and make a copy that way.

Thanks for your reply!
I see now that it actually works but not with ctrl+c alone. That's why I was using the shift click method. It works if you try to blueprint it or hold shift while having the copy tool in hand. Is that also intended?