The last three research advancements I've gotten haven't actually unlocked the buildings they say they're going to.
For example, I just got the first tourism one, which is supposed to unlock the Space Port, but there's no Space Port on the list of stuff to build. Also I got the Chemistry one, and none of the buildings from that are available. Is this me not understanding the game or a bug?
Phone: Motorola Droid Turbo 2
Build: v0.53.2
Well the buildings also will not show up until you have necessary resources and rovers
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But they're not even showing up on the list to build. For example, the last one I got that unlocked anything was the Oil one, but it only gave me the oil tank, not the refinery, and not I have no way to harvest oil.
Unless you have all the resources necessary, the bot that builds the building, and it's available for your faction, the building will not show up in the build menu. You can check this reference to see details of each building and what is required to build them.
https://www.my-colony.com/reference/general.html
@Patchdaddy thanks for the reference sheet; this helped me figure out what I was missing.