Modify Blizzard's Nameplates scaling through CVars

[Jarjke-draenor]

Hey, so I scrabbled through Blizzard’s InterfaceOptionsPanels.lua and I figured out the “Larger Nameplates” setting in the client interface modifies the following CVars:
NamePlateHorizontalScale & NamePlateVerticalScale

I tried modifying those cvars ingame using the /console command but unfortunately the nameplate’s size did not change.

Does anybody have any idea how to alter the size of Blizzard’s default nameplate frames without adding a 3rd party addon? I like Blizzard’s new nameplates and I rather not change them, would appreciate any help regarding the matter.

[Sandsh-draenor]

I would think something like this should allow you to manipulate those on the fly:

-- display the current value
/script print(GetCVar("nameplateHorizontalScale"))

-- change the value to 2
/script SetCVar("nameplateHorizontalScale", 2)

-- display the current value (which should now equal 2)
/script print(GetCVar("nameplateHorizontalScale"))

[Grimmj-nagrand (Grimmj)]

@Jarjke-draenor

I tried modifying those cvars ingame using the /console command but unfortunately the nameplate’s size did not change.

Did you do a /reload after changing the Cvars?

[Launcy-outland]

Hey if anyone has any updates on that topic, it would be welcomed by me as well. I am also interested if i can change that.