the1ross wrote:I have a genuine PAL and JP serial and access number but it wants a US key so I had to use a public one online.
That's really strange. Especially since it accepts it in the offline mode. You haven't even connected to the internet yet at the time you input the serial and key so it has nothing to do with the server. Maybe BlueCrab can chime in on this. He's the PSO genius.
Edit: Oh I get it! I forgot about the fact that you were using a disc image and not your original disc. Ive's image is the US version. You can use your PAL serial and key by using the PAL GDI from here. The PAL version doesn't require patching so you don't need a modified version.