when you put 0 on effects quality, floral quality, model quality... when you start the game, it kinda resets by itself and upgrading the quality... I saw ppl saying that you could mark the option READ ONLY, on properties page of useroptions.ini, but here's a thing, I think marking this option only makes that when you start the game and your settings CHANGE, when you close it, it doesn't save... but the game still changes your in-game quality... So i think putting 1, instead of 0 is better... because the game doesn't change the useroptions when it's 1... this are my options

Specs: Core I7 870 2.93 ghz 6GB DDR3 1333mhz ECS Black Series GTX 460 1GB DDR5 256 bits

This is my useroptions.ini

[Display] FullscreenRefresh=0 Maximized=0 FullscreenWidth=1920 FullscreenHeight=1080 WindowedWidth=1920 WindowedHeight=1080 Mode=Fullscreen FullscreenMode=Fullscreen HDPixelPlus=0.600000

[Rendering] EffectsQuality=1 TextureQuality=3 ShadowQuality=0 FloraQuality=1 RenderDistance=1550.000000 Gamma=0.000000 MaximumFPS=900 UseLod0a=0 Smoothing=0 ModelQuality=1 FogShadowsEnable=0 AO=0 VerticalFOV=70 LightingQuality=0 ParticleLOD=0 VSync=0

I could lower the resolution, but I like 1920x1080 because it's easier to distinguish ppl, i don't know i just like it