diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index 532b5277b56..c4cc30e602e 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ static int init_screen = -1;
 static bool use_vsync = true;
 static bool editor = false;
 static bool show_help = false;
+static bool disable_render_loop = false;
+static int fixed_fps = -1;
 
 static OS::ProcessID allow_focus_steal_pid = 0;
 
@@ -190,6 +192,8 @@ void Main::print_help(const char *p_binary) {
 #endif
 	OS::get_singleton()->print("  --frame-delay <ms>               Simulate high CPU load (delay each frame by <ms> milliseconds).\n");
 	OS::get_singleton()->print("  --time-scale <scale>             Force time scale (higher values are faster, 1.0 is normal speed).\n");
+	OS::get_singleton()->print("  --disable-render-loop            Disable render loop so rendering only occurs when called explicitly from script.\n");
+	OS::get_singleton()->print("  --fixed-fps <fps>                Forces a fixed ratio between process and fixed_process timing, for use when precision is required, or when rendering to video files. Setting this will disable real-time syncronization, so that run speed is only capped by performance\n");
 	OS::get_singleton()->print("\n");
 
 	OS::get_singleton()->print("Standalone tools:\n");
@@ -567,6 +571,16 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 				OS::get_singleton()->print("Missing editor PID argument, aborting.\n");
 				goto error;
 			}
+		} else if (I->get() == "--disable-render-loop") {
+			disable_render_loop = true;
+		} else if (I->get() == "--fixed-fps") {
+			if (I->next()) {
+				fixed_fps = I->next()->get().to_int();
+				N = I->next()->next();
+			} else {
+				OS::get_singleton()->print("Missing fixed-fps argument, aborting.\n");
+				goto error;
+			}
 		} else {
 
 			//test for game path
@@ -1505,6 +1519,9 @@ bool Main::iteration() {
 	uint64_t ticks_elapsed = ticks - last_ticks;
 
 	double step = (double)ticks_elapsed / 1000000.0;
+	if (fixed_fps != -1)
+		step = 1.0 / fixed_fps;
+
 	float frame_slice = 1.0 / Engine::get_singleton()->get_iterations_per_second();
 
 	Engine::get_singleton()->_frame_step = step;
@@ -1521,7 +1538,7 @@ bool Main::iteration() {
 
 	last_ticks = ticks;
 
-	if (step > frame_slice * 8)
+	if (fixed_fps == -1 && step > frame_slice * 8)
 		step = frame_slice * 8;
 
 	time_accum += step;
@@ -1574,7 +1591,7 @@ bool Main::iteration() {
 
 	VisualServer::get_singleton()->sync(); //sync if still drawing from previous frames.
 
-	if (OS::get_singleton()->can_draw()) {
+	if (OS::get_singleton()->can_draw() && !disable_render_loop) {
 
 		if ((!force_redraw_requested) && OS::get_singleton()->is_in_low_processor_usage_mode()) {
 			if (VisualServer::get_singleton()->has_changed()) {
@@ -1625,6 +1642,9 @@ bool Main::iteration() {
 		frames = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (fixed_fps != -1)
+		return exit;
+
 	if (OS::get_singleton()->is_in_low_processor_usage_mode() || !OS::get_singleton()->can_draw())
 		OS::get_singleton()->delay_usec(16600); //apply some delay to force idle time (results in about 60 FPS max)
 	else {
diff --git a/servers/visual_server.cpp b/servers/visual_server.cpp
index 777feffb066..67b847d1273 100644
--- a/servers/visual_server.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual_server.cpp
@@ -1422,6 +1422,7 @@ Array VisualServer::mesh_surface_get_arrays(RID p_mesh, int p_surface) const {
 
 void VisualServer::_bind_methods() {
 
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("force_draw"), &VisualServer::draw);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("texture_create"), &VisualServer::texture_create);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("texture_create_from_image", "image", "flags"), &VisualServer::texture_create_from_image, DEFVAL(TEXTURE_FLAGS_DEFAULT));
 	//ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("texture_allocate"),&VisualServer::texture_allocate,DEFVAL( TEXTURE_FLAGS_DEFAULT ) );