Nameplate range capped at 60 yards

[Thecheatt-dalaran]

The fact it works now for default nameplates on 10.2.7’s PTR strongly indicates leaving the behavior intact was intended. If that change goes as far back as you suggest, the behavior difference between 10.2.6 and 10.2.7 isn’t merely a symptom of a delayed branch merge.

[Sniperorc-azgalor (Sniperorc)]

Part of this that made it glaringly obvious is that 10.2.6 originally nerfed nameplate view distance to 20 yards, probably as a brain-damaged UI tweak for Plunderstorm. So when people sought to restore the prior status quo, they ran up against the view distance cap in a way they hadn’t before.

[Mhortai-stormrage]

@Pawgwalker-dalaran

For regular stock nameplates, afaik, it has been for a while. After some clarification in this thread, it appears the people complaining about the changes are people that were relying on addons to circumvent the normal nameplate visibility/distance rules; giving them an unfair advantage over players that only use the stock frames.

I use stock frames though. So try again?

@Pawgwalker-dalaran

When you say this, what exactly do you mean, the full healthbar+name text? They were and are meant to be capped to 60 yards. Outside of 60 yards, all that should be visible should be the name text and it shouldn’t be visible through objects. The target frame will still function though if you have them selected.

Yes, that is what I mean. Been like that for a long time and I use stock nameplates. On the PTR during play with Blue events it has always worked this way and I use ZERO addons there.

@Thecheatt-dalaran

The fact it works now for default nameplates on 10.2.7’s PTR strongly indicates leaving the behavior intact was intended. If that change goes as far back as you suggest, the behavior difference between 10.2.6 and 10.2.7 isn’t merely a symptom of a delayed branch merge.

[Frostfel-wyrmrest-accord]

It’s fixed.
You might need to use the code the dwarf buddy posted, but they hotfixed it.

@Torag-skywall

/run SetCVar(“nameplateMaxDistance”, #)

Thanks Torag.
I think 200 is the new distance.

[Thecheatt-dalaran]

@Frostfel-wyrmrest-accord

I think 200 is the new distance.

If so, this only applies to the target nameplate. General nameplate visibility still caps at 60, and that has been in place for a long time. I can confirm that target nameplate visibility was fixed though, so thanks for the heads-up!