Player clicks the load game button
I place a loading splash on the screen that has an animated sprite
I start a 0.1 sec timer to trigger the system load function
The timer triggers
The program appears to hang and the anim no longer plays
3-5 seconds pass
the on-load event triggers
I hide the splash screen and game resumes
I really want there to be some kind of feedback to the player during the save/load process. I doesn't have to be an actual progress bar, but something is needed so the player does not think the program has crashed.