diff --git a/common/src/api/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/api/backend/Engine.java b/common/src/api/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/api/backend/Engine.java
index 64e960240..86865e33b 100644
--- a/common/src/api/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/api/backend/Engine.java
+++ b/common/src/api/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/api/backend/Engine.java
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public interface Engine {
 	/**
 	 * Assign the set of sections that visuals have requested GPU light for.
 	 *
+	 * <p> This will be called at most once per frame, and not necessarily every frame.
+	 *
 	 * @param sections The set of sections.
 	 */
 	void lightSections(LongSet sections);
diff --git a/common/src/api/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/api/visual/SmoothLitVisual.java b/common/src/api/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/api/visual/SmoothLitVisual.java
index 43daf3757..c22d6dfdf 100644
--- a/common/src/api/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/api/visual/SmoothLitVisual.java
+++ b/common/src/api/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/api/visual/SmoothLitVisual.java
@@ -4,11 +4,20 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongSet;
 
+/**
+ * An interface allowing visuals to request light data on the GPU for a set of sections.
+ *
+ * <p> Sections passed into {@link SectionProperty#lightSections} will have their light data handed to the
+ * backend and queryable by {@code flw_light*} functions in shaders.
+ * <br>
+ * Note that the queryable light data is shared across all visuals, so even if one specific visual does not
+ * request a given section, the data will be available if another visual does.
+ */
 public interface SmoothLitVisual extends Visual {
 	/**
 	 * Set the section property object.
 	 *
-	 * <p>This method is only called once, upon visual creation,
+	 * <p>This method is only called once, upon visual creation.
 	 *
 	 * @param property The property.
 	 */
@@ -17,7 +26,7 @@ public interface SmoothLitVisual extends Visual {
 	@ApiStatus.NonExtendable
 	interface SectionProperty {
 		/**
-		 * Invoke this to indicate to the impl that your visual has moved to a different set of sections.
+		 * Assign the set of sections this visual wants to have light data for.
 		 */
 		void lightSections(LongSet sections);
 	}
diff --git a/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/embed/LightStorage.java b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/embed/LightStorage.java
index c9dd9b179..cfacd116e 100644
--- a/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/embed/LightStorage.java
+++ b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/embed/LightStorage.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.task.SimplePlan;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.IntArrayList;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.Long2IntMap;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.Long2IntOpenHashMap;
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArraySet;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongSet;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.SectionPos;
@@ -59,53 +60,77 @@ public class LightStorage {
 		arena = new Arena(SECTION_SIZE_BYTES, DEFAULT_ARENA_CAPACITY_SECTIONS);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the set of requested sections.
+	 * <p> When set, this will be processed in the next frame plan. It may not be set every frame.
+	 *
+	 * @param sections The set of sections requested by the impl.
+	 */
 	public void sections(LongSet sections) {
 		requestedSections = sections;
 	}
 
 	public Plan<RenderContext> createFramePlan() {
 		return SimplePlan.of(() -> {
-			if (requestedSections == null) {
+			var updatedSections = LightUpdateHolder.get(level)
+					.getAndClearUpdatedSections();
+
+			if (updatedSections.isEmpty() && requestedSections == null) {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			removeUnusedSections(requestedSections);
+			removeUnusedSections();
 
-			var knownSections = section2ArenaIndex.keySet();
-
-			var updatedSections = LightUpdateHolder.get(level)
-					.getUpdatedSections();
-
-			// Only add the new sections.
-			requestedSections.removeAll(knownSections);
+			// Start building the set of sections we need to collect this frame.
+			LongSet sectionsToCollect;
+			if (requestedSections == null) {
+				// If none were requested, then we need to collect all sections that received updates.
+				sectionsToCollect = new LongArraySet();
+			} else {
+				// If we did receive a new set of requested sections, we only
+				// need to collect the sections that weren't yet tracked.
+				sectionsToCollect = requestedSections;
+				sectionsToCollect.removeAll(section2ArenaIndex.keySet());
+			}
 
+			// updatedSections contains all sections than received light updates,
+			// but we only care about its intersection with our tracked sections.
 			for (long updatedSection : updatedSections) {
+				// Since sections contain the border light of their neighbors, we need to collect the neighbors as well.
 				for (int x = -1; x <= 1; x++) {
 					for (int y = -1; y <= 1; y++) {
 						for (int z = -1; z <= 1; z++) {
 							long section = SectionPos.offset(updatedSection, x, y, z);
-							if (knownSections.contains(section)) {
-								requestedSections.add(section);
+							if (section2ArenaIndex.containsKey(section)) {
+								sectionsToCollect.add(section);
 							}
 						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
 
-			for (long section : requestedSections) {
-				addSection(section);
+			// Now actually do the collection.
+			// TODO: Can this be done in parallel?
+			for (long section : sectionsToCollect) {
+				collectSection(section);
 			}
+
+			requestedSections = null;
 		});
 	}
 
-	private void removeUnusedSections(LongSet allLightSections) {
+	private void removeUnusedSections() {
+		if (requestedSections == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		var entries = section2ArenaIndex.long2IntEntrySet();
 		var it = entries.iterator();
 		while (it.hasNext()) {
 			var entry = it.next();
 			var section = entry.getLongKey();
 
-			if (!allLightSections.contains(section)) {
+			if (!this.requestedSections.contains(section)) {
 				arena.free(entry.getIntValue());
 				needsLutRebuild = true;
 				it.remove();
@@ -117,7 +142,7 @@ public class LightStorage {
 		return arena.capacity();
 	}
 
-	public void addSection(long section) {
+	public void collectSection(long section) {
 		var lightEngine = level.getLightEngine();
 
 		var blockLight = lightEngine.getLayerListener(LightLayer.BLOCK);
diff --git a/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/embed/LightUpdateHolder.java b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/embed/LightUpdateHolder.java
index b61dfc197..52c5c09f7 100644
--- a/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/embed/LightUpdateHolder.java
+++ b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/embed/LightUpdateHolder.java
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ public class LightUpdateHolder {
 
 	private final LongSet updatedSections = new LongArraySet();
 
-	public LongSet getUpdatedSections() {
+	public LongSet getAndClearUpdatedSections() {
+		if (updatedSections.isEmpty()) {
+			return LongSet.of();
+		}
+
 		var out = new LongArraySet(updatedSections);
 		updatedSections.clear();
 		return out;
diff --git a/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/uniform/DebugMode.java b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/uniform/DebugMode.java
index 8eae9c292..dcc13dc4c 100644
--- a/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/uniform/DebugMode.java
+++ b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/uniform/DebugMode.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ public enum DebugMode implements StringRepresentable {
 	LIGHT_COLOR,
 	OVERLAY,
 	DIFFUSE,
-	LIGHT_VOLUME,
 	;
 
 	public static final Codec<DebugMode> CODEC = StringRepresentable.fromEnum(DebugMode::values);
diff --git a/common/src/backend/resources/assets/flywheel/flywheel/internal/light_lut.glsl b/common/src/backend/resources/assets/flywheel/flywheel/internal/light_lut.glsl
index 0b80c6714..4d864928c 100644
--- a/common/src/backend/resources/assets/flywheel/flywheel/internal/light_lut.glsl
+++ b/common/src/backend/resources/assets/flywheel/flywheel/internal/light_lut.glsl
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ vec2 _flw_lightForDirection(in vec2[27] lights, in vec3 interpolant, in uvec3 c0
     vec2 light1 = mix(light10, light11, interpolant.y);
 
     // Divide by 60 (15 * 4) to normalize.
-    return mix(light0, light1, interpolant.x) / 60.;
+    return mix(light0, light1, interpolant.x) / 63.;
 }
 
 bool flw_light(vec3 worldPos, vec3 normal, out vec2 lightCoord) {
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ bool flw_light(vec3 worldPos, vec3 normal, out vec2 lightCoord) {
         lightY = vec2(0.);
     }
 
-    lightCoord = (lightX * abs(normal.x) + lightY * abs(normal.y) + lightZ * abs(normal.z));
+    vec3 n2 = normal * normal;
+    lightCoord = lightX * n2.x + lightY * n2.y + lightZ * n2.z;
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/VisualizationManagerImpl.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/VisualizationManagerImpl.java
index 7b2f9920e..efd5c6820 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/VisualizationManagerImpl.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/VisualizationManagerImpl.java
@@ -106,12 +106,13 @@ public class VisualizationManagerImpl implements VisualizationManager {
 				.ifFalse(update)
 				.plan()
 				.then(SimplePlan.of(() -> {
-					// TODO: Lazily re-evaluate the union'd set
-					var out = new LongOpenHashSet();
-					out.addAll(blockEntities.lightSections());
-					out.addAll(entities.lightSections());
-					out.addAll(effects.lightSections());
-					engine.lightSections(out);
+					if (blockEntities.lightSectionsDirty() || entities.lightSectionsDirty() || effects.lightSectionsDirty()) {
+						var out = new LongOpenHashSet();
+						out.addAll(blockEntities.lightSections());
+						out.addAll(entities.lightSections());
+						out.addAll(effects.lightSections());
+						engine.lightSections(out);
+					}
 				}))
 				.then(RaisePlan.raise(frameVisualsFlag))
 				.then(engine.createFramePlan())
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/manager/VisualManagerImpl.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/manager/VisualManagerImpl.java
index 213b9b436..e8c0b88c9 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/manager/VisualManagerImpl.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/manager/VisualManagerImpl.java
@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ public class VisualManagerImpl<T, S extends Storage<T>> implements VisualManager
 				.then(storage.tickPlan());
 	}
 
+	public boolean lightSectionsDirty() {
+		return getStorage().smoothLitStorage()
+				.sectionsDirty();
+	}
+
 	public LongSet lightSections() {
-		return getStorage().lightSections();
+		return getStorage().smoothLitStorage()
+				.sections();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/storage/SmoothLitVisualStorage.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/storage/SmoothLitVisualStorage.java
index 2dbe51d3b..09c66b833 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/storage/SmoothLitVisualStorage.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/storage/SmoothLitVisualStorage.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package dev.engine_room.flywheel.impl.visualization.storage;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.visual.SmoothLitVisual;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArraySet;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongOpenHashSet;
@@ -11,12 +13,19 @@ import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.Reference2ObjectOpenHashMap;
 public class SmoothLitVisualStorage {
 	private final Map<SmoothLitVisual, SectionProperty> visuals = new Reference2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
 
+	@Nullable
+	private LongSet cachedSections;
+
+	public boolean sectionsDirty() {
+		return cachedSections == null;
+	}
+
 	public LongSet sections() {
-		var out = new LongOpenHashSet();
+		cachedSections = new LongOpenHashSet();
 		for (SectionProperty value : visuals.values()) {
-			out.addAll(value.sections);
+			cachedSections.addAll(value.sections);
 		}
-		return out;
+		return cachedSections;
 	}
 
 	public void remove(SmoothLitVisual smoothLit) {
@@ -33,13 +42,15 @@ public class SmoothLitVisualStorage {
 		visuals.clear();
 	}
 
-	private static final class SectionProperty implements SmoothLitVisual.SectionProperty {
+	private final class SectionProperty implements SmoothLitVisual.SectionProperty {
 		private final LongSet sections = new LongArraySet();
 
 		@Override
 		public void lightSections(LongSet sections) {
 			this.sections.clear();
 			this.sections.addAll(sections);
+
+			SmoothLitVisualStorage.this.cachedSections = null;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/storage/Storage.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/storage/Storage.java
index e2445ddd9..84505dcb7 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/storage/Storage.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/storage/Storage.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.task.NestedPlan;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.task.PlanMap;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.visual.SimpleDynamicVisual;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.visual.SimpleTickableVisual;
-import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongSet;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.Reference2ObjectOpenHashMap;
 
 public abstract class Storage<T> {
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ public abstract class Storage<T> {
 	 */
 	public abstract boolean willAccept(T obj);
 
-	public LongSet lightSections() {
-		return smoothLitVisuals.sections();
+	public SmoothLitVisualStorage smoothLitStorage() {
+		return smoothLitVisuals;
 	}
 }