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+import { PerspectiveCamera } from "three";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import type { Vec3 } from "../../src/core/vector";
+import { createEmptySceneDocument } from "../../src/document/scene-document";
+import { createPlayerStartEntity } from "../../src/entities/entity-instances";
+import type {
+  FirstPersonPlayerShape,
+  PlayerGroundProbeResult,
+  ResolvedPlayerMotion
+} from "../../src/runtime-three/player-collision";
+import { FirstPersonNavigationController } from "../../src/runtime-three/first-person-navigation-controller";
+import { buildRuntimeSceneFromDocument } from "../../src/runtime-three/runtime-scene-build";
+import { ThirdPersonNavigationController } from "../../src/runtime-three/third-person-navigation-controller";
+
+function createSuspendedContext(navigationMode: "firstPerson" | "thirdPerson") {
+  const playerStart = createPlayerStartEntity({
+    id: `entity-player-start-${navigationMode}`
+  });
+  const runtimeScene = buildRuntimeSceneFromDocument(
+    {
+      ...createEmptySceneDocument({ name: `Paused ${navigationMode} Scene` }),
+      entities: {
+        [playerStart.id]: playerStart
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      navigationMode
+    }
+  );
+  const domElement = document.createElement("canvas");
+
+  return {
+    domElement,
+    context: {
+      camera: new PerspectiveCamera(70, 1, 0.05, 1000),
+      domElement,
+      getRuntimeScene: () => runtimeScene,
+      resolveFirstPersonMotion: (
+        feetPosition: Vec3,
+        motion: Vec3,
+        _shape: FirstPersonPlayerShape
+      ): ResolvedPlayerMotion => ({
+        feetPosition: {
+          x: feetPosition.x + motion.x,
+          y: feetPosition.y + motion.y,
+          z: feetPosition.z + motion.z
+        },
+        grounded: false,
+        collisionCount: 0,
+        groundCollisionNormal: null,
+        collidedAxes: {
+          x: false,
+          y: false,
+          z: false
+        }
+      }),
+      probePlayerGround: (): PlayerGroundProbeResult => ({
+        grounded: false,
+        distance: null,
+        normal: null,
+        slopeDegrees: null
+      }),
+      canOccupyPlayerShape: () => true,
+      resolvePlayerVolumeState: () => ({
+        inWater: false,
+        inFog: false,
+        waterSurfaceHeight: null
+      }),
+      resolveThirdPersonCameraCollision: (
+        _pivot: Vec3,
+        desiredCameraPosition: Vec3
+      ) => ({ ...desiredCameraPosition }),
+      isInputSuspended: () => true,
+      setRuntimeMessage: vi.fn(),
+      setPlayerControllerTelemetry: vi.fn()
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+describe("paused navigation input", () => {
+  it("ignores first-person mouse look while input is suspended", () => {
+    const { context, domElement } = createSuspendedContext("firstPerson");
+    const controller = new FirstPersonNavigationController();
+
+    Object.defineProperty(document, "pointerLockElement", {
+      configurable: true,
+      get: () => domElement
+    });
+
+    controller.activate(context);
+    const initialQuaternion = context.camera.quaternion.clone();
+
+    (controller as unknown as {
+      handleMouseMove(event: { movementX: number; movementY: number }): void;
+    }).handleMouseMove({
+      movementX: 48,
+      movementY: 24
+    });
+    controller.update(0);
+
+    expect(context.camera.quaternion.equals(initialQuaternion)).toBe(true);
+
+    controller.deactivate(context, {
+      releasePointerLock: false
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("ignores third-person orbit and zoom while input is suspended", () => {
+    const { context } = createSuspendedContext("thirdPerson");
+    const controller = new ThirdPersonNavigationController();
+
+    controller.activate(context);
+    const initialPosition = context.camera.position.clone();
+
+    (
+      controller as unknown as {
+        handlePointerDown(event: { button: number; clientX: number; clientY: number }): void;
+        handlePointerMove(event: { clientX: number; clientY: number }): void;
+        handleWheel(event: { preventDefault(): void; deltaY: number }): void;
+      }
+    ).handlePointerDown({
+      button: 0,
+      clientX: 100,
+      clientY: 100
+    });
+    (
+      controller as unknown as {
+        handlePointerMove(event: { clientX: number; clientY: number }): void;
+      }
+    ).handlePointerMove({
+      clientX: 180,
+      clientY: 150
+    });
+    (
+      controller as unknown as {
+        handleWheel(event: { preventDefault(): void; deltaY: number }): void;
+      }
+    ).handleWheel({
+      preventDefault() {},
+      deltaY: -240
+    });
+    controller.update(0);
+
+    expect(context.camera.position.equals(initialPosition)).toBe(true);
+
+    controller.deactivate(context);
+  });
+});