Thank you so much! Worked like a charm, and to the post above, I know I didnt have the secuROM exe installed, that was my problem. I searched around my game discs a bit and found that a few of the zip files on there were corrupt and wouldnt extract correctly. I used the UK patches, and the game seems exactly as it would with the US version (that I imagine at least). Thank you again Q. Youre one mad genius lol.
