load dev version
drop any object
rotate object to any direction other than direction dropped
issue setobjectscale for anything other than 1 (even in 3den)
object rotates back to default and then scales to size

using the command below allows one to simulate a scaled object even while moving (using scale variable assigned to unit):
onEachFrame {{_x setObjectScale (_x getVariable ["scale",1])} foreach (allunits select {!isnil{_x getVariable "scale"}});false;};