My view distance edits no longer work after the 1.4 patch
previously, i could have the following in a user.cfg file in the main folder and it worked
wh_pl_showfirecursor=1
e_ViewDistRatio=200
e_ViewDistRatioVegetation=200
e_LodFaceAreaTargetSize=0.0008
e_UberlodDistanceRatio=4.0
e_MergedMeshesViewDistRatio=125
e_vegetationUseTerrainColorDistance=150
e_ShadowsMaxTexRes=2048