I understand this is related to blueprint stealing correct?

I've been thinking about it a bit and have some ideas.

This option would be a multi-state flag, with 3 or 4 different values:

1. In area claimed by player
2. In area claimed by someone else
3. in unclaimed area
4. in unclaimed area that's contested (assuming this state is possible and works for this need)

For any flag that's set, it would disable blueprinting in the affected area. (I might instead make it inverted, so you select the areas you want to allow blueprinting).
For example, if you set "Claimed by other" then the player could blueprint inside their own claimed area, and unclaimed areas. If you instead set "Claimed by other" and "unclaimed area", then the player could only blueprint in their own claimed areas.

You could set the option to any combination of the above values, or all of them, to disable all blueprinting world-wide.

The goal of this would be to provide options for controlling blueprint theft, while not preventing legitimate use of it.

MM override is reasonable and makes sense.

That multi-state flag sounds like an ideal solution for the reasons mentioned.
I second that.

This has been completed and is scheduled for the next release.
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