corrected the loading issue i had, as well as one with the menu/back button; it should work for every case now. then i got a bit distracted maybe, maybe not… i needed more music anyway, but it felt like it took too long to make or something. it still may even need some mixing work and i need a level complete fanfare type thing too. then i can work on a way to cross-fade between them. overall, felt like more progress in one day than all last week. rethinking the loading code i reverted to, seems like i had a more responsive bar with the second iteration. anyway… onward and all that.