diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index d570f0e5ed..b366bd4fd9 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 						else
 							if (orderManager.NetFrameNumber == 0)
 								orderManager.LastTickTime = Environment.TickCount;
-					
+
+						world.TickRender(worldRenderer);
 						viewport.Tick();
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/TraitsInterfaces.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/TraitsInterfaces.cs
index 42b75205ab..d04f5d5bde 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/TraitsInterfaces.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/TraitsInterfaces.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 	}
 
 	public interface ITick { void Tick(Actor self); }
+	public interface ITickRender { void TickRender(WorldRenderer wr, Actor self); }
 	public interface IRender { IEnumerable<Renderable> Render(Actor self, WorldRenderer wr); }
 	public interface IAutoSelectionSize { int2 SelectionSize(Actor self); }
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/World.cs b/OpenRA.Game/World.cs
index 833fc29427..58ad20884b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/World.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/World.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using OpenRA.Effects;
 using OpenRA.FileFormats;
+using OpenRA.Graphics;
 using OpenRA.Network;
 using OpenRA.Orders;
 using OpenRA.Support;
@@ -192,7 +193,12 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 			while (frameEndActions.Count != 0)
 				frameEndActions.Dequeue()(this);
-			
+		}
+
+		// For things that want to update their render state once per tick, ignoring pause state
+		public void TickRender(WorldRenderer wr)
+		{
+			ActorsWithTrait<ITickRender>().Do(x => x.Trait.TickRender(wr, x.Actor));
 		}
 
 		public IEnumerable<Actor> Actors { get { return actors; } }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/CncMenuPaletteEffect.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/CncMenuPaletteEffect.cs
index a351b80128..71ee66a307 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/CncMenuPaletteEffect.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/CncMenuPaletteEffect.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Drawing;
 using OpenRA.FileFormats;
+using OpenRA.Graphics;
 using OpenRA.Traits;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Mods.Cnc
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Cnc
 		public object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new CncMenuPaletteEffect(this); }
 	}
 
-	public class CncMenuPaletteEffect : IPaletteModifier, ITick
+	public class CncMenuPaletteEffect : IPaletteModifier, ITickRender
 	{
 		public enum EffectType { None, Black, Desaturated }
 		public readonly CncMenuPaletteEffectInfo Info;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Cnc
 			to = type;
 		}
 
-		public void Tick(Actor self)
+		public void TickRender(WorldRenderer wr, Actor self)
 		{
 			if (remainingFrames > 0)
 				remainingFrames--;