In game I'm noticing that there are no lights showing other than the world light. I've tested this with both volumetric and non-volumetric and found it doesn't make any difference. Also i've checked out the config file full of graphical settings and jacked up the number of max lights but still, no lights. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what the values mean?

Config file:

Width = 1680
Height = 1050
Fullscreen = 1
Sync = 1
Renderer = 0
Aspect = 0
MultiSample = 0
SuperSample = 0
EdgeSoften = 2
BumpMapping = 3
Tesselation = 1
Shadows = 1
ShadowSoft = 1
ShadowJitter = 0
ShadowMapNum = 6
ShadowMapSize = 512
CloudsMapSize = 80
MotionBlur = 0
MotionBlurSmooth = 0
MotionBlurLeaks = 2
MotionBlurSkyVel = 1
DepthOfField = 0
MaxLights = 20
Hdr = 1
HpRt = 1
Dither = 1
ParticlesSoft = 1
ParticlesSmooth = 1
AmbientMode = 2
AmbientSoft = 3
AmbientJitter = 1
AmbientNormal = 1
AmbientHalfRes = 1
VolumetricLights = 1
GrassRange = 150.00
GrassShadow = 1
GrassMirror = 0
TexFilter = 8
TexMipFilter = 1
TexLod = 0
TexMacro = 1
TexDetail = 2
TexReflect = 2
Gamma = 0.00
GuiScale = 1.00
GuiSkin = 2

MouseSpeed = 1.00

VolumeGlobal = 1.00
VolumeSfx = 1.00
VolumeMusic = 1.00
VolumeAmbient = 1.00
VolumeVoice = 1.00

do the lights show up in world editor?
what about tutorials from the SDK? (advanced/demos/lights)

Yeah they show in the world editor just fine. Also in game the clouds don't move for some reason, although they do in the editor.

Those tuts require programming experience though right? Compiling and so on?

Yes, they require some programming experience.
For the clouds, do you do: Clouds.update()?

Are you using the MMO source code? If so, you should add some really basic things to your code:
^ place that with the other ObjMemx's in Game.cpp

and
as well in Game.cpp

Yes that code has resolved the issue, as has the Clouds.update() code.

This doesn't seam to work anymore with SDK 22? What has changed in this regard?

take a look at the free bloody massacre sample, there is an example how to do in 2.0

Cheers, but it was due to Main.cpp needing Game::ObjType = "Enum/obj_type.enum";