diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 93f4470a6f..651b377732 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				var integralTickTimestep = (uiTickDelta / Timestep) * Timestep;
 				Ui.LastTickTime += integralTickTimestep >= TimestepJankThreshold ? integralTickTimestep : Timestep;
 
-				Sync.CheckSyncUnchanged(world, Ui.Tick);
+				Sync.RunUnsynced(Settings.Debug.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode, world, Ui.Tick);
 				Cursor.Tick();
 			}
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 					orderManager.LastTickTime += integralTickTimestep >= TimestepJankThreshold ? integralTickTimestep : worldTimestep;
 
 					Sound.Tick();
-					Sync.CheckSyncUnchanged(world, orderManager.TickImmediate);
+					Sync.RunUnsynced(Settings.Debug.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode, world, orderManager.TickImmediate);
 
 					if (world == null)
 						return;
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 						if (isNetTick)
 							orderManager.Tick();
 
-						Sync.CheckSyncUnchanged(world, () =>
+						Sync.RunUnsynced(Settings.Debug.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode, world, () =>
 						{
 							world.OrderGenerator.Tick(world);
 							world.Selection.Tick(world);
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 					// Wait until we have done our first world Tick before TickRendering
 					if (orderManager.LocalFrameNumber > 0)
-						Sync.CheckSyncUnchanged(world, () => world.TickRender(worldRenderer));
+						Sync.RunUnsynced(Settings.Debug.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode, world, () => world.TickRender(worldRenderer));
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Input/InputHandler.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Input/InputHandler.cs
index 71aeaba0ea..df4d359323 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Input/InputHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Input/InputHandler.cs
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 		public void OnKeyInput(KeyInput input)
 		{
-			Sync.CheckSyncUnchanged(world, () => Ui.HandleKeyPress(input));
+			Sync.RunUnsynced(Game.Settings.Debug.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode, world, () => Ui.HandleKeyPress(input));
 		}
 
 		public void OnTextInput(string text)
 		{
-			Sync.CheckSyncUnchanged(world, () => Ui.HandleTextInput(text));
+			Sync.RunUnsynced(Game.Settings.Debug.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode, world, () => Ui.HandleTextInput(text));
 		}
 
 		public void OnMouseInput(MouseInput input)
 		{
-			Sync.CheckSyncUnchanged(world, () => Ui.HandleInput(input));
+			Sync.RunUnsynced(Game.Settings.Debug.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode, world, () => Ui.HandleInput(input));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs
index d2591225aa..d9c2748991 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		[Desc("Amount of time required for triggering perf.log output.")]
 		public float LongTickThresholdMs = 1;
 
-		public bool SanityCheckUnsyncedCode = false;
+		public bool SyncCheckUnsyncedCode = false;
 		public int Samples = 25;
 
 		public bool StrictActivityChecking = false;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Sync.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Sync.cs
index 0a67da696d..1a3cb08230 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Sync.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Sync.cs
@@ -161,20 +161,19 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			return t.GetHashCode();
 		}
 
-		public static void CheckSyncUnchanged(World world, Action fn)
+		public static void RunUnsynced(bool checkSyncHash, World world, Action fn)
 		{
-			CheckSyncUnchanged(world, () => { fn(); return true; });
+			RunUnsynced(checkSyncHash, world, () => { fn(); return true; });
 		}
 
 		static bool inUnsyncedCode = false;
 
-		public static T CheckSyncUnchanged<T>(World world, Func<T> fn)
+		public static T RunUnsynced<T>(bool checkSyncHash, World world, Func<T> fn)
 		{
 			if (world == null)
 				return fn();
 
-			var shouldCheckSync = Game.Settings.Debug.SanityCheckUnsyncedCode;
-			var sync = shouldCheckSync ? world.SyncHash() : 0;
+			var sync = checkSyncHash ? world.SyncHash() : 0;
 			var prevInUnsyncedCode = inUnsyncedCode;
 			inUnsyncedCode = true;
 
@@ -185,8 +184,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			finally
 			{
 				inUnsyncedCode = prevInUnsyncedCode;
-				if (shouldCheckSync && sync != world.SyncHash())
-					throw new InvalidOperationException("CheckSyncUnchanged: sync-changing code may not run here");
+				if (checkSyncHash && sync != world.SyncHash())
+					throw new InvalidOperationException("RunUnsynced: sync-changing code may not run here");
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/Ingame/LoadIngamePlayerOrObserverUILogic.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/Ingame/LoadIngamePlayerOrObserverUILogic.cs
index 5e46527ddd..efe5a09664 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/Ingame/LoadIngamePlayerOrObserverUILogic.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/Ingame/LoadIngamePlayerOrObserverUILogic.cs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Widgets.Logic
 
 				var optionsButton = playerRoot.GetOrNull<MenuButtonWidget>("OPTIONS_BUTTON");
 				if (optionsButton != null)
-					Sync.CheckSyncUnchanged(world, optionsButton.OnClick);
+					Sync.RunUnsynced(Game.Settings.Debug.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode, world, optionsButton.OnClick);
 			};
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/SettingsLogic.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/SettingsLogic.cs
index c48c7aadeb..6932b8ba6e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/SettingsLogic.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/SettingsLogic.cs
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Widgets.Logic
 			BindCheckboxPref(panel, "NAT_DISCOVERY", ss, "DiscoverNatDevices");
 			BindCheckboxPref(panel, "PERFTEXT_CHECKBOX", ds, "PerfText");
 			BindCheckboxPref(panel, "PERFGRAPH_CHECKBOX", ds, "PerfGraph");
-			BindCheckboxPref(panel, "CHECKUNSYNCED_CHECKBOX", ds, "SanityCheckUnsyncedCode");
+			BindCheckboxPref(panel, "CHECKUNSYNCED_CHECKBOX", ds, "SyncCheckUnsyncedCode");
 			BindCheckboxPref(panel, "BOTDEBUG_CHECKBOX", ds, "BotDebug");
 			BindCheckboxPref(panel, "FETCH_NEWS_CHECKBOX", gs, "FetchNews");
 			BindCheckboxPref(panel, "LUADEBUG_CHECKBOX", ds, "LuaDebug");
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Widgets.Logic
 				ss.DiscoverNatDevices = dss.DiscoverNatDevices;
 				ds.PerfText = dds.PerfText;
 				ds.PerfGraph = dds.PerfGraph;
-				ds.SanityCheckUnsyncedCode = dds.SanityCheckUnsyncedCode;
+				ds.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode = dds.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode;
 				ds.BotDebug = dds.BotDebug;
 				ds.LuaDebug = dds.LuaDebug;
 				ds.SendSystemInformation = dds.SendSystemInformation;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/WorldInteractionControllerWidget.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/WorldInteractionControllerWidget.cs
index 7d76fc8ac9..1e2634b698 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/WorldInteractionControllerWidget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/WorldInteractionControllerWidget.cs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Widgets
 
 		public override string GetCursor(int2 screenPos)
 		{
-			return Sync.CheckSyncUnchanged(World, () =>
+			return Sync.RunUnsynced(Game.Settings.Debug.SyncCheckUnsyncedCode, World, () =>
 			{
 				// Always show an arrow while selecting
 				if (IsValidDragbox)