[Brad]

You are not setting the bitwise array up correctly for the options colum in the user table. What you will need to do is build an array with the desired options set. In the SQL query that adds the user to the vBulletin database you will need to use this array.

If you look at vBulletin's register.php and search for "$options" you'll find multiple places where data is placed into this array using internal vBulletin functions. Near line 680 there is a SQL query that places the user data into the user table.