gmpublisher running makes steam think gmod is still open

[EntranceJew]

i opened gmod, then gmpublisher, but i crashed gmod testing shit, yet steam still reported gmod as still running:

hitting the "STOP" button in steam kills the webview children but gmpublisher remains running:

other processes push it offscreen but the button reverts the moment the task is killed

a little inconvenient

[WilliamVenner]

This is how Steamworks works and cannot be fixed

[WilliamVenner]

If there's something I missed in Steamworks that allows me to launch my program with gmods app ID without registering you as playing it, then I would be delighted to implement it

[EntranceJew]

Since launching gmod directly from hl2.exe is still allowed even though gmpublisher is running it would be handy to just have a button that sets window focus to gmod if it is running and launches it if it is not. or just have it open gmod anyway all the time.

it'd be a lot easier and more useful than making a big change like caching everything and not connecting to steamworks until publishing or something.