very pretty editing on that video m8, I miss your edits and I'd like to bring them back. the problem you're having I've had on VC once, which doesn't work at all for me now. anyways, I'm not sure what could it be... didn't you have a draw distance trainer or something what's changing your draw distance? you could set it to lowest some time, turn off the game and never load the trainer again trying putting it back. it's just a thought... however, if the problem causes anything, I wouldn't bother with it this way and I'd just reinstall SA, because it doesn't really take long.
btw hit me up on skype sometimes and we can talk.