diff --git a/background.html b/background.html
index fedf31b..6ce828a 100644
--- a/background.html
+++ b/background.html
@@ -513,24 +513,45 @@ window.__clouds2dStarted = true;
 try {
 window.__noiseDataUri = 'data:image/png;base64,PLACEHOLDER';
 var noiseDataUri = 'data:image/png;base64,PLACEHOLDER';
-// URL override for easy A/B testing: #renderer=clouds2d / #renderer=clouds3d
-var _urlRenderer = (location.hash.match(/renderer=(\w+)/) || [])[1];
+// Parse URL hash params: #key=value&key=value...
+// Supported: #renderer=clouds2d|clouds3d|vanta, #flight=N|NE|E|SE|S|SW|W|NW,
+// #fetch=N|NE|E|SE|S|SW|W|NW
+function _parseHashParams(hash) {
+    var out = {};
+    hash = (hash || '').replace(/^#/, '');
+    var pairs = hash.split(/[&;]/);
+    for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
+        var eq = pairs[i].indexOf('=');
+        if (eq > 0) {
+            out[pairs[i].slice(0, eq).toLowerCase()] = pairs[i].slice(eq + 1);
+        }
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+var _hashParams = _parseHashParams(location.hash);
+
+// Renderer override
+var _urlRenderer = _hashParams.renderer;
 var renderer = _urlRenderer || (window.CONFIG && window.CONFIG.renderer) || 'vanta';
 
-// Flight direction for ground-tile corridor (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW).
-// Default 'N' (= +Z world) so behaviour is unchanged when hash is absent.
-var _urlFlight = (location.hash.match(/flight=(\w+)/) || [])[1];
+// Compass directions for flight and fetch (independent). Each direction
+// has cos/sin (corridor rotation matrix) and dx/dz (camera motion unit vec).
 var FLIGHT_DIRS = {
-    N:  { cos: 0.0,        sin: 1.0,        dx: 0,  dz: 1  },
+    N:  { cos: 0.0,        sin: 1.0,        dx: 0,        dz: 1         },
     NE: { cos: 0.7071068,  sin: 0.7071068,  dx: 0.7071068, dz: 0.7071068 },
-    E:  { cos: 1.0,        sin: 0.0,        dx: 1,  dz: 0  },
+    E:  { cos: 1.0,        sin: 0.0,        dx: 1,        dz: 0         },
     SE: { cos: 0.7071068,  sin:-0.7071068,  dx: 0.7071068, dz:-0.7071068 },
-    S:  { cos: 0.0,        sin:-1.0,        dx: 0,  dz:-1  },
+    S:  { cos: 0.0,        sin:-1.0,        dx: 0,        dz:-1         },
     SW: { cos:-0.7071068,  sin:-0.7071068,  dx:-0.7071068, dz:-0.7071068 },
-    W:  { cos:-1.0,        sin: 0.0,        dx:-1,  dz: 0  },
+    W:  { cos:-1.0,        sin: 0.0,        dx:-1,        dz: 0         },
     NW: { cos:-0.7071068,  sin: 0.7071068,  dx:-0.7071068, dz: 0.7071068 }
 };
-window.__flightDir = FLIGHT_DIRS[_urlFlight && FLIGHT_DIRS[_urlFlight.toUpperCase()] ? _urlFlight.toUpperCase() : 'N'];
+function _pickDir(key) {
+    var raw = (_hashParams[key] || 'N').toUpperCase();
+    return FLIGHT_DIRS[raw] || FLIGHT_DIRS.N;
+}
+window.__flightDir = _pickDir('flight');
+window.__fetchDir  = _pickDir('fetch');
 var useVanta = (renderer !== 'clouds2d' && renderer !== 'clouds3d');
 var effect;
 if (useVanta && typeof VANTA !== 'undefined') {
diff --git a/vendor/clouds3d.js b/vendor/clouds3d.js
index e8e0fb4..a57cb5a 100644
--- a/vendor/clouds3d.js
+++ b/vendor/clouds3d.js
@@ -285,11 +285,11 @@ function init(canvas) {
 var GROUND_TILE_URL = 'https://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/tile/';
 var GROUND_TILE_Z = 11;
 var GROUND_TILE_SIZE = 256;
-// Camera flight direction. Set from window.__flightDir (URL: #flight=N|NE|E|...).
-// Default is N (= +Z forward). Each flight direction rotates the
-// corridor so its long axis follows the camera path.
-var GROUND_TRAVEL_COS = (window.__flightDir && window.__flightDir.cos) || 0.0;
-var GROUND_TRAVEL_SIN = (window.__flightDir && window.__flightDir.sin) || 1.0;
+// Fetch direction: which way the tile corridor is oriented.
+// Independent of flight direction (set via #fetch=N|NE|E|...).
+// Default N (= +Z, canvas Y = +Z).
+var GROUND_TRAVEL_COS = (window.__fetchDir && window.__fetchDir.cos) || 0.0;
+var GROUND_TRAVEL_SIN = (window.__fetchDir && window.__fetchDir.sin) || 1.0;
 var GROUND_CORRIDOR_LONG = 25;    // tiles along travel direction (~3.5 min of flight at uSpeed=1)
 var GROUND_CORRIDOR_PERP = 5;     // tiles perpendicular to travel
 var GROUND_BUFFER_LONG = 11;       // refetch when this close to forward edge