Answer

The statement "Using torque path: null" says your Torque variable is not defined or incorrectly defined.

You need to make certain there is a directory that holds the torque.properties file and the torque properties file points to your metadata.

Also there must be a system variable, TORQUE_PATH, that holds the directory.

When you run the service in 'non-fake' mode you should see the the cache load on the tomcat console.

A number of problems might happen with your soap message and these might show-up here. Post the error you are getting on here and we will look at it.