paginate_links() not working on custom loop.

I’ve created a script that allows certain post information to be fetched remotely via xml feed.

Its at a special url http://www.website.com/special_xml.php, which includes wp-load.php to get everything working.

As far as I know, this approach is fairly appropriate.

We enter the loop as usual…

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

query_posts( 'posts_per_page=5&paged=' . $paged . '&post_type[]=image' );
if ( have_posts() ):
    while ( have_posts() ):
        the_post();

//loop combined into xml ouput

    endwhile;
else:
endif;

//and then the links, which I am still experimenting with...

global $wp_query;

$big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer

print_r( paginate_links( array(
	'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
	'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
	'total' => $wp_query->max_num_pages,
	'type' => 'array'
) ));

…however the links and pagination don’t work together. That is, the loop doesn’t respond to the variables in the url http://www.website.com/special_xml.php/page/3/?page=3.

Just need a little guidance,thanks.