Launching TML on Steam Deck launches regular Terraria in a separate process

[UsernamesAreNotMyThing]

Version

Latest 1.4-stable

OS

Linux

Platform

Steam

This bug affects

Gameplay as a Player

Description

When I launch TML on Steam Deck (don't know if this occurs on Windows, haven't tried it there), the regular Terraria is launched alongside it, in a separate window.

Log File

This isn't a crash or an error, so I don't think that would help too much.

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch tModLoader through Steam

Expected Behavior

It shouldn't be launching regular Terraria at all. I don't recall the legacy 1.3 version ever doing this.

Actual Behavior

The regular, unmodded Terraria is launched alongside TML as a separate window, and the former can be safely closed.

Reproduction frequency

Whenever I launch TML.

Additional Information

No response

[Chicken-Bones]

Please provide logs and a video. Please don't tell us that logs wouldn't help. We can't investigate without them

[UsernamesAreNotMyThing]

I tried to upload a video directly to GitHub but it wouldn't let me: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10vxSQHzoFv5x7_X15dJ0bnsXxOEWB6sM/view?usp=share_link

client.log

[Chicken-Bones]

This looks like intended behavior. Terraria is not actually running at the same time. Steam just reports you as playing both tML and Terraria.

[UsernamesAreNotMyThing]

Okay, but couldn't the fact that Steam thinks I'm playing both simultaneously be considered a bug, because that doesn't seem like ideal behavior? I believe that is ultimately what the issue in question is.

[cozykoko]

No relogic wants it that way afaik