diff --git a/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/BackendDebugFlags.java b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/BackendDebugFlags.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66704fecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/BackendDebugFlags.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend;
+
+public class BackendDebugFlags {
+	public static boolean LIGHT_STORAGE_VIEW = false;
+}
diff --git a/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/LightStorage.java b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/LightStorage.java
index 060cf6f7d..c9539ca95 100644
--- a/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/LightStorage.java
+++ b/common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/LightStorage.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.visual.Effect;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.visual.EffectVisual;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.visualization.VisualizationContext;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.visualization.VisualizationManager;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.BackendDebugFlags;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.SkyLightSectionStorageExtension;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.indirect.StagingBuffer;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.gl.buffer.GlBuffer;
@@ -49,8 +50,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.DataLayer;
  * <p>Thus, each section occupies 5832 bytes.
  */
 public class LightStorage implements Effect {
-	public static boolean DEBUG = false;
-
 	public static final int BLOCKS_PER_SECTION = 18 * 18 * 18;
 	public static final int LIGHT_SIZE_BYTES = BLOCKS_PER_SECTION;
 	public static final int SOLID_SIZE_BYTES = MoreMath.ceilingDiv(BLOCKS_PER_SECTION, Integer.SIZE) * Integer.BYTES;
@@ -108,12 +107,12 @@ public class LightStorage implements Effect {
 
 	public <C> Plan<C> createFramePlan() {
 		return SimplePlan.of(() -> {
-			if (DEBUG != isDebugOn) {
+			if (BackendDebugFlags.LIGHT_STORAGE_VIEW != isDebugOn) {
 				var visualizationManager = VisualizationManager.get(level);
 
 				// Really should be non-null, but just in case.
 				if (visualizationManager != null) {
-					if (DEBUG) {
+					if (BackendDebugFlags.LIGHT_STORAGE_VIEW) {
 						visualizationManager.effects()
 								.queueAdd(this);
 					} else {
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ public class LightStorage implements Effect {
 								.queueRemove(this);
 					}
 				}
-				isDebugOn = DEBUG;
+				isDebugOn = BackendDebugFlags.LIGHT_STORAGE_VIEW;
 			}
 
 			if (updatedSections.isEmpty() && requestedSections == null) {
diff --git a/common/src/lib/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/lib/task/ConditionalPlan.java b/common/src/lib/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/lib/task/ConditionalPlan.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..143bf3939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/lib/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/lib/task/ConditionalPlan.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.task;
+
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.task.Plan;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.task.TaskExecutor;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.task.functional.BooleanSupplierWithContext;
+
+/**
+ * Executes one plan or another, depending on a dynamically evaluated condition.
+ *
+ * @param condition The condition to branch on.
+ * @param onTrue    The plan to execute if the condition is true.
+ * @param <C>       The type of the context object.
+ */
+public record ConditionalPlan<C>(BooleanSupplierWithContext<C> condition,
+								 Plan<C> onTrue) implements SimplyComposedPlan<C> {
+	public static <C> Builder<C> on(BooleanSupplierWithContext<C> condition) {
+		return new Builder<>(condition);
+	}
+
+	public static <C> Builder<C> on(BooleanSupplierWithContext.Ignored<C> condition) {
+		return new Builder<>(condition);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void execute(TaskExecutor taskExecutor, C context, Runnable onCompletion) {
+		if (condition.getAsBoolean(context)) {
+			onTrue.execute(taskExecutor, context, onCompletion);
+		} else {
+			onCompletion.run();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static final class Builder<C> {
+		private final BooleanSupplierWithContext<C> condition;
+
+		public Builder(BooleanSupplierWithContext<C> condition) {
+			this.condition = condition;
+		}
+
+		public ConditionalPlan<C> then(Plan<C> onTrue) {
+			return new ConditionalPlan<>(condition, onTrue);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/ImplDebugFlags.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/ImplDebugFlags.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4072110ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/ImplDebugFlags.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package dev.engine_room.flywheel.impl;
+
+public class ImplDebugFlags {
+	/**
+	 * Debug flag to globally turn beginFrame/tick off.
+	 */
+	public static boolean PAUSE_UPDATES = false;
+}
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 1cc6667a7..0bef0fd10 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
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.visual.ShaderLightVisual;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.visual.TickableVisual;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.visual.Visual;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.visualization.VisualizationContext;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.impl.ImplDebugFlags;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.task.ConditionalPlan;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.task.ForEachPlan;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.task.NestedPlan;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.task.PlanMap;
@@ -42,11 +44,16 @@ public abstract class Storage<T> {
 	}
 
 	public Plan<DynamicVisual.Context> framePlan() {
-		return NestedPlan.of(dynamicVisuals, lightUpdatedVisuals.plan(), ForEachPlan.of(() -> simpleDynamicVisuals, SimpleDynamicVisual::beginFrame));
+		var update = ConditionalPlan.<DynamicVisual.Context>on(() -> !ImplDebugFlags.PAUSE_UPDATES)
+				.then(NestedPlan.of(dynamicVisuals, ForEachPlan.of(() -> simpleDynamicVisuals, SimpleDynamicVisual::beginFrame)));
+
+		// Do light updates regardless.
+		return NestedPlan.of(lightUpdatedVisuals.plan(), update);
 	}
 
 	public Plan<TickableVisual.Context> tickPlan() {
-		return NestedPlan.of(tickableVisuals, ForEachPlan.of(() -> simpleTickableVisuals, SimpleTickableVisual::tick));
+		return ConditionalPlan.<TickableVisual.Context>on(() -> !ImplDebugFlags.PAUSE_UPDATES)
+				.then(NestedPlan.of(tickableVisuals, ForEachPlan.of(() -> simpleTickableVisuals, SimpleTickableVisual::tick)));
 	}
 
 	public LightUpdatedVisualStorage lightUpdatedVisuals() {
diff --git a/fabric/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/FlwCommands.java b/fabric/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/FlwCommands.java
index 45e0703d6..f6fa12545 100644
--- a/fabric/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/FlwCommands.java
+++ b/fabric/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/FlwCommands.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
 
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.backend.Backend;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.backend.BackendManager;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.BackendDebugFlags;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.compile.LightSmoothness;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.compile.PipelineCompiler;
-import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.LightStorage;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.uniform.DebugMode;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.uniform.FrameUniforms;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.command.v2.ClientCommandManager;
@@ -179,12 +179,24 @@ public final class FlwCommands {
 		debug.then(ClientCommandManager.literal("lightSections")
 				.then(ClientCommandManager.literal("on")
 						.executes(context -> {
-							LightStorage.DEBUG = true;
+							BackendDebugFlags.LIGHT_STORAGE_VIEW = true;
 							return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
 						}))
 				.then(ClientCommandManager.literal("off")
 						.executes(context -> {
-							LightStorage.DEBUG = false;
+							BackendDebugFlags.LIGHT_STORAGE_VIEW = false;
+							return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
+						})));
+
+		debug.then(ClientCommandManager.literal("pauseUpdates")
+				.then(ClientCommandManager.literal("on")
+						.executes(context -> {
+							ImplDebugFlags.PAUSE_UPDATES = true;
+							return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
+						}))
+				.then(ClientCommandManager.literal("off")
+						.executes(context -> {
+							ImplDebugFlags.PAUSE_UPDATES = false;
 							return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
 						})));
 
diff --git a/forge/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/FlwCommands.java b/forge/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/FlwCommands.java
index 0fcb96d35..8aeb9e45f 100644
--- a/forge/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/FlwCommands.java
+++ b/forge/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/FlwCommands.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
 
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.backend.Backend;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.backend.BackendManager;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.BackendDebugFlags;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.compile.LightSmoothness;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.compile.PipelineCompiler;
-import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.LightStorage;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.uniform.DebugMode;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.uniform.FrameUniforms;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
@@ -172,14 +172,27 @@ public final class FlwCommands {
 		debug.then(Commands.literal("lightSections")
 				.then(Commands.literal("on")
 						.executes(context -> {
-							LightStorage.DEBUG = true;
+							BackendDebugFlags.LIGHT_STORAGE_VIEW = true;
 							return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
 						}))
 				.then(Commands.literal("off")
 						.executes(context -> {
-							LightStorage.DEBUG = false;
+							BackendDebugFlags.LIGHT_STORAGE_VIEW = false;
 							return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
 						})));
+
+		debug.then(Commands.literal("pauseUpdates")
+				.then(Commands.literal("on")
+						.executes(context -> {
+							ImplDebugFlags.PAUSE_UPDATES = true;
+							return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
+						}))
+				.then(Commands.literal("off")
+						.executes(context -> {
+							ImplDebugFlags.PAUSE_UPDATES = false;
+							return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
+						})));
+
 		return debug;
 	}