I did a complete purge of arma 3 using a secondary removal software, reinstalled, and the problem seems to have been corrected as of now.

Again, the server range is set much farther. I know this because several players on the same server helped me test that. They were able to see over 2000 meters while standing right next to me, and I was fog walled at 800 meters regardless of my in game settings. There must be additional settings or a value in a configuration file that needs to be changed. Can you tell me what controls this, where to find it, and how to fix it

When on the multiplayer server, I hit escape, go to configure, video, and I am able to change the video settings from there. Again I can change the settings and they will take effect, however the view distance still won't change past 800m unless in a helicopter no matter what it's set to. I can reduce it, and it will come in and back out to 800m, but never past that point. Again, when entering a helicopter it will extend out to whatever I've set it to (past the 800m limit I'm seeing on foot). I've not tested it in missions, and in scenarios and I have no such issue. This is only occurring if I get on any server in multiplayer. I have checked my ping and connection, and both are smooth. No other player I've spoken with has seen this issue and it is not due to any type of server limitation.

That's not what I'm trying to accomplish. If I play on a server where no one has addons, I cannot see past 900m, where as the player next to me can see as far as he sets his slider. this occurs regardless of my in game settings. However this changes when I enter a helicopter, and goes to my full set view distance. I just need to find out and fix why this is occurring on the multiplayer servers. Again, in my scenario I can see as far as I want. If I play with someone else, that's not the case. This is the issue I'm trying to fix. I do not want to run mods, I just want the normal game to behave as it should.

This doesn't really solve the problem I'm having though. Most servers wont let you run any type of "mod" or "addon". So far I have been unable to join a server running this for that reason since having just installed this.

I am installing this and will try it now. The issue is more that the server does allow it, and other players can see past that point, just not I.