Okay the problem is vbulletin is installed in a sub-forum and it keeps saying invalid filepath when I try to change it.
Like
www.website.com/forum
When I alter the User Rank File Path from say /images/ranks/star.png to /forum/images/ranks/star.png it says invalid file path. but the "forum" bit is exactly what's missing and why the image is not properly displaying.
because it makes the total url like
www.website.com/images/ranks/star.png so the "forum" part is missing.
How can this be fixed?