Hm, I'm using 'C:\SoaP' as the soapatcher directory, alos tried C:\SOAPatcher, doesn't work. also tried moving the cd image to a simple directory, doesn't change anything (don't think it should, anyway)... the patcher still ends in approximately 5-10 seconds with no output (even though it seems to believe it has finished patching successfully).
Well, the only thing I can think of now is that maybe the cdi images I have are somehow corrupt or improperly patched already. Comparing the sizes of the cdi files should confirm whether this is or isn't the case, I think. When I try to run them in chankast, they load but won't run the game (because of the cable error). The size of CD1 is 782,149,568 bytes, can anyone confirm this is correct?