BetterNameplates

V1.0 Changelog

Modern Nameplates extension

• Extends Blizzard’s Modern nameplates in WoW Classic Era without replacing them.
• Uses Blizzard CVars for taint-safe nameplate scaling.

Nameplate size

• Added stable scaling from 0.5 to 2.0 in 0.1 steps.
• Added compact horizontal proportions at smaller scales.

Unit levels

• Added enemy, neutral and friendly unit levels inside the health bar.
• Added left and right positioning beside the unit name.
• Added [35], lvl. 35 and plain 35 formats.
• Added gray, green, yellow and red difficulty colors.
• Added a larger skull for units at least ten levels above the player.

Threat percentage

• Added threat percentages to visible enemy nameplates.
• Added display on all enemies or only the highest-threat enemy.
• Added above/below placement with left, center and right alignment.
• Added size, signed vertical offset and background-opacity controls.
• Added text-only mode by setting background opacity to 0.
• Added optional dynamic growth based on threat percentage.
• Added configurable maximum dynamic size.
• Added Only show threat if in combat.
• Combat-only threat appears after threat has actually been generated.
• Added optional percentage-text coloring from green through yellow and orange to red.

Interface and compatibility

• Added a movable tabbed BNP settings window.
• Added a draggable BNP minimap button.
• Added the custom Luna logo.
• Added a dedicated Changelog tab.
• Added the Discord community button and copyable link.
• Added automatic localization for supported WoW client languages.
• Added Classic Era unit-token fallbacks.
• Added safeguards against restricted-frame measurement and direct-scaling taint.

Known limitation

• Friendly nameplates cannot be modified by addons inside protected PvE instances.