is GPGnet required for game to run?

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when i run the game for the first time i was thrust into an installation for gpgnet and since i had read on here that gpg had shut down i was not going to install software that i was not going to use. but now the game crashes on load. i am curious if this is because the lack of gpgnet.

i am running windows 8.1 x64 and i just get a screen with loading dots in lower left and what i assume will be the ingame cursor in the upper left. the window think spin cursor in the center of the screen and then crash. error window comes up and says close program.

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nevermind. the issue remained after installing it and was resolved after installing the legacy physx pack from nvidia.

link to thread where i found the solution.