update · October 20, 2026
Never Sort By Color October 20 Update Fixes Missing Bricks and Overhauls Controls
The latest Never Sort By Color update brings a missing pieces recovery button, an overhauled keyboard layout with dedicated controls, and anti-aliasing options. It also fixes multiple collision bugs that caused bricks to vanish inside walls or furniture.
Never Sort By Color receives an update that targets inventory loss, control awkwardness, and visibility issues. The patch adds a recovery tool for missing items, redesigns key bindings to separate conflicting actions, and expands graphics settings.
Lost Brick Recovery and Collision Fixes
Bricks that were still moving during a save no longer disappear permanently. They now load properly and settle into place. A new Restore Missing Pieces button in the Options menu checks every unfinished instruction book and imported MOC against your workshop, dropping missing items near the start point. Collision adjustments also prevent items from clipping through walls, cabinets, or alcoves. Any pieces already trapped inside solid geometry return to the start of the room upon loading your save. New games no longer spawn hidden items behind cupboards or under floorboards, and finished models built inside cabinets now emerge in front of them.
Control Scheme Overhaul
Key bindings receive a clean-up to prevent overlapping inputs. Space is for jumping and flying up, while Q and C handle downward flight. Interaction moves to F, allowing you to open drawers and operate hinges even while your hands are full. Z and X cycle backward and forward through pieces in your hand. Zoom moves to V, the flashlight shifts to L, and a G key lets you label bins and drawers while holding bricks. Movement settings for zoom, walking, crouching, and sprinting can be toggled or held, with controller defaults set to toggle zoom. Typing in feedback forms no longer flips pages in held books.
Graphics and Interface Adjustments
Anti-aliasing is a dropdown menu featuring FXAA, SMAA, TAA, MSAA up to 8x, and SSAA up to 4x, with TAA remaining the default. An Invert Y toggle joins the settings, and a direct Controls button is accessible from the options menu. Interface readability improves as container readouts display custom labels instead of generic titles when aimed at or held. Sorter's Eye highlights pieces with outlines instead of striped fills, and tutorial steps clarify part-sorting objectives. The Technic 2x4 brick with holes receives its own sorting label, separating it from plate drawers.
Why this patch matters
This update solves inventory loss and control overlap issues in Never Sort By Color, making workshop management smoother.