Learn more about this SSU for Windows 10, version 2004 update, including improvements and fixes, any known issues, and how to get the update. Servicing stack update for Windows 10, version 2004: September 8, 2020.

• September Update On Mehek

Tomorrow, September 30th, we will be releasing Update 0.3.0 around 10am PDT / 1pm EDT. Included in the patch are the following changes and fixes we've made to the game:

• The September 2020 update for Windows 10 May 2020 Update is Build 19041.508, and it comes with a long list of improvements. Even if you skipped several months’ worth of updates (cumulative.
• Note: Information on the latest over-the-air update (OTA) and firmware images for Google devices is available in the September 2020 Pixel Update Bulletin. Android and Google service mitigations This is a summary of the mitigations provided by the Android security platform and service protections such as Google Play Protect.

New Features

• The Hedge has been revamped with new content
• New Building: Zip-lines
• New Building: Spinning Wheel
• New Building: Signs
• New World Landmark: Frankenline
• Halloween Additions: Jack-o-Lantern landmark, Candy Corn food item
• Localization for French, German, Spanish, and Italian (more to come at a later date)
• New spider webs that stick to unsuspecting players and critters

Changes/Game Tuning

Engine

• UE4 Version Upgrade

Combat

• Ant Soldiers have a set of new attacks
• Ant Soldiers now deal more damage with their attacks
• TAYZ.Ts now deal much more damage with their attacks
• Most armors now block more damage
• All weapons have had their damage, stamina cost, and durability adjusted to fit a stricter Tier-based curve
• Bombardier Beetle burning hazards and Stink Bug gas hazards are now much deadlier
• Bombardier Beetle attacks deal less initial damage (end result should be about the same combined with hazard damage change)
• Fresh Defense perk now blocks twice as much gas and burning damage
• Reliable Friend perk now boosts revive speed by roughly double the amount
• Trying out new combat AI to reduce the effectiveness of circle-strafing

Interface

• Processing buildings such as the Campfire now show the progress of each item in the interface, and allow items to be canceled
• The Recycle Building interface now shows how many structures will collapse if the target building is Recycled
• Contextual slurping text informs you what liquid you're going to taste
• Additional icon art
• The Interact UI will no longer briefly appear enabled when looking at a disabled interaction
• Clearer labeling of game modes/type in save/load UIs
• Game no longer asks to overwrite a save if you are not able to currently save the game

World

• New perks to discover and unlock
• New SCA.B color themes to discover and unlock
• Stumps left behind no longer prevent foliage from respawning
• Grass will not respawn if the stump is removed
• Ants now have a desire to take back their stolen eggs
• Ant eggs can now hatch even after being moved by the player (but not while in an inventory)
• Ant eggs no longer stack in the inventory
• Larva wander range is now much smaller during the day
• Mushrooms in the world now take much longer to grow back
• Meats now take much longer to spoil
• SCA.Bs that have been moved since prior patches will reflect those moves in older saves
• Mint chunks in the Mint container should no longer spawn on top of the container
• Juice boxes stop spawning juice if a droplet spawned by them is still sitting in the world
• Removed the Broodmother from the hedge (for now...)
• Added Harvest VFX to Hedgeberry

Buildings

• Structural buildings are now fully allowed to overlap with any static environment object
• Blueprint buildings in the air cannot be completed unless a supporting building has been completed. This prevents situations where large structures would collapse because they were technically unsupported
• Buildings can no longer be built inside of tables
• Buildings can be placed more easily on the pond flagstones now
• Mushroom Garden spawn timer will now start when the building is built instead of when it is placed
• Smoke from torches, wall sconces, and campfires should now rarely penetrate floors/ceilings
• Plank/Log Storage deposit sound effects now play on clients
• The player will no longer play canteen animations when building a Water Container with a canteen in hand
• Clay foundation now has double the health
• Pebblet foundation now has less health, but still more than clay

Crafting

• Most recipes that require spiderweb have been refactored to use a processed spider web obtainable via the new Spinning Wheel instead

Performance

• Improved CPU performance of large bases and structures

Other

• Additional water caustic effects
• Bird feathers now float in water
• Weed stems now float in water
• The 'Drop' control can now be rebound
• The 'Swim Up' and 'Swim Down' control bindings are allowed to overlap with other controls that cannot be used while swimming

Bug Fixes - All Platforms

Top Community Issues

• Free buildings attached to player-built structures will no longer become out-of-position for clients
• The game will no longer crash in some specific cases when demolishing a plank or log storage building
• Ants will no longer spawn in excessively large quantities

Game

• Alchemist BURG.L Quests will complete when accepted if the player has already analyzed the target item
• Kill based perks now only track kills on enemies
• Fixed issue with encounters not respawning creatures if they fell through the world in a prior save
• Hiding Interact prompt 'E' or 'X' when looking at a Locked / Stuck door

Items/Equipment/Resources

• Berry Chunks will no longer inflate themselves when subjected to a strong impact while lying on the ground
• Traps can no longer be triggered for a few seconds after destruction
• Traps can no longer be triggered by the 3rd-person camera
• Tropicop juice droplets should now correctly spawn from the straw of the juice box instead of from the base
• Bombardier Head Trophy should now be much easier to place

World

• Building ingredients will no longer remaining floating in the air when large structures collapse while no player is nearby
• Got rid of a small bump in collision while walking up and down player built stairs
• Bombardier Beetle now plays a sleep animation while sleeping instead of playing the stunned animation

UI

• Various camera animation adjustments were made to reduce the camera clipping into objects and the player's body
• Hiding Interact prompt 'E' or 'X' when looking at a Locked / Stuck door

Audio

• Buildings no longer create noise events immediately after loading a saved game
• Chatter audio is now attached to the player character and should sound better when moving

Ominent Practical Technologies

• Removed [REDACTED]
• Added [REDACTED]

Thank you all for the continued reports, suggestions and feedback sharing, and support while we continue to develop Grounded. They are all appreciated as we read everything that comes in to help enhance your time in the backyard.

If you continue to encounter any of these issues after updating the game or stumble across a new issue, please first check our Known Issues List to see if your issue is known. If your issue is not listed, then either email us directly at support@obsidian.net or fill out the Contact form located on our Support Site and include the following information:

1. Platform. (Xbox Console, PC Game Pass, PC Steam).
2. Multiplayer or Single Player Game. (If multiplayer, can you let us know how many players in total in the game, and their platforms if you know this)
3. Description of issue.
4. Last thing you did in the game before the issue occurred, if applicable.

Thank you again, and have fun out in the backyard!

[German]Microsoft’s September 2020 patchday (B and C week) is now over. It’s time for a short overview of the issues caused by updates for Windows 10 and its server counterparts.

Let’s see if and what optional updates are coming this week. But the previous updates have driven some users into problems – sometimes it was additional software or hardware that was responsible. But sometimes the (security) updates have also caused problems in Windows 10.

Update issues

At this point I’d like to list some issues I’ve picked up in this blog. Forum messages of the kind ‘cannot install update xyz’ I will leave out, because they are often quite unspecific.

Bitdefender blocks Update

Users with Bitdefender antivirus protection and working with Windows 10 version 190x had a problem with the September 2020 patchday. The security solution incorrectly blocked the Windows 10 cumulative update KB4574727 as malicious. I had addressed the details in the blog post Windows 10 V190x: Bitdefender Antivirus blocks Update KB4574727.

Windows 10 2004: Update KB4571756 collides with applications

The cumulative security update KB4571756 released by Microsoft on September 8, 2020, causes issues with the Explorer and possibly crashes in connection with various applications. I had reported in the blog post Windows 10 2004: Update KB4571756 collides wit Paint Shop Pro 7 about issues with the graphics program Paint Shop Pro 7. In the meantime I have also received hints about the same issues with Word 2007 and Edit Plus. They are all old applications, but something in the Windows shell seems to have problems with these programs. Annoying for the people concerned.

Update causes BSODs on Thinkpads

Users of Lenovo ThinkPads with Windows 10 Version 2004 and Lenovo Vantage software are annoyed by BlueScreens (error SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED in ldiagio.sys) caused by updates. The first updates causing this were released as previews at the end of July 2020.

Microsoft has confirmed the problem and the cause, the correction must be done by the Lenovo Vantage software. I have the issue in the blog post Windows 10 2004: Microsoft confirms BSODs on ThinkPads caused by Updates.

Windows Subsystem for Linux broken

There are reports that the last cumulative update for the Windows 10 May 2020 update (version 2004) breaks the Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL 2). After installing the update, this business function can no longer be used. Details about this issue I have discussed in the blog post Windows 10 Version 2004: Update KB4571756 breaks WSL 2. Windows 10 Version 2004: Update KB4571756 macht WSL 2 kaputt besprochen.

Upgrade to Version 2004 blocked for LTE systems

At the end of August 2020, Microsoft also suspended the Windows 10 upgrade to the May 2020 update (version 2004) if LTE modems are installed. There are then problems with drivers. I had pointed this out in the blog post August 2020 update causes BSODs on ThinkPads – Upgrade suspended on LTE systems.

Miscellaneous issues with updates

In connections with preview updates and the Edge-Browser I noticed some more ambiguities, which I would like to touch on briefly.

Confusion about Defragmentation Bug Fix

In Windows 10 version 2004 there was a problem from the beginning that hard disks and SSD drives were optimized unnecessarily often by the Windows defragmentation. Windows 10 Version 2004 forgot when the last optimization was performed. The defragmentation bug was then corrected by an update in August 2020. But only the cumulative update KB4571756 seems to have fixed the bug when optimizing SSD drives. I had discussed this issue in the blog post Does Update KB4571756 fixes the SSD defrag bug in Windows 10 V2004?.

Trouble with update to Chromium-Edge

Microsoft is trying to install the new Chromium Edge browser for its Windows 10 users. Cumulative updates were provided for this purpose. The update KB4559309 is used to update the old Edge-Browser to the new Chromium-based version and is rolled out since June 2020 for Windows 10 version 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909 and 2004 (Home- and Pro-Edition). I had in the blog post Windows 10: Chromium Edge are rolled out to user.

The problem with this update is that installing it can cause collateral damage to Windows 10 systems. I had pointed this out in the blog post Edge Update KB4559309 may slow down Windows 10. Some users noticed after installing the update that the Windows 10 systems booted very slowly. A community moderator at Microsoft Answers then confirmed that the Microsoft Edge development team is investigating the whole thing.

Now Microsoft has replaced this old update with the new update KB4576754. Background for this replacement update are probably slow booting Windows 10 systems after applying the update KB4559309, but this was not documented in the support article. I have replaced the details in the blog post Windows: Edge Update KB4559309 replaced with KB4576754, fixes performance issues.

wsecedit.dll error when loading a MMC snap-in

Security update KB4577015, dated September 8, 2020, causes problems on Windows Server 2016, which acts as the domain controller. The Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) throws a wsecedit.dll error when loading an MMC snap-in when changing security options. I have addressed this in the article Windows Server 2016: Update KB4577015 throws a GPO MMC wsecedit.dll error. In this Microsoft Q&A post someone published a workaround (just delete the given registry entry).

Further problem reports

In the internet I found some more reports about various errors on various websites. So there are again reports that the start menu and the search in Windows 10 cause problems. A reddit.com user describes it in this thread. Windows Latest warns in this post that update KB4571756 could damage the Windows 10 start menu. On askwoody.com there is also this forum post where a user reports that a vulnerability in WSUS was silently fixed.

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