diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/App.java b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/App.java
index 287f301e0..17c2ce41f 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/App.java
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/App.java
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ public class App implements ApplicationListener {
 
 
         FrameBufferManager.begin(renderFBO);
-        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.094f, .094f, .094f, 0f);
+        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.063f, .070f, .086f, 1f);
         setCameraPosition(0, 0);
 
 
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ErrorDisp.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ErrorDisp.kt
index 9ac02b73f..66aea6c55 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ErrorDisp.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ErrorDisp.kt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ object ErrorDisp : Screen {
     }
 
     override fun render(delta: Float) {
-        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.094f, .094f, .094f, 0f)
+        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.063f, .070f, .086f, 1f)
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/SanicLoadScreen.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/SanicLoadScreen.kt
index 91cf053ef..aba27c9c6 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/SanicLoadScreen.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/SanicLoadScreen.kt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ object SanicLoadScreen : LoadScreenBase() {
 
 
 
-        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.094f, .094f, .094f, 0f)
+        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.063f, .070f, .086f, 1f)
 
         textFbo.inAction(null, null) {
             gdxClearAndEnableBlend(0f, 0f, 0f, 0f)
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/TerrarumPostProcessor.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/TerrarumPostProcessor.kt
index caf920f2c..97d9ec9ae 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/TerrarumPostProcessor.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/TerrarumPostProcessor.kt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ object TerrarumPostProcessor : Disposable {
         outFBO.inAction(camera, batch) {
             App.measureDebugTime("Renderer.PostProcessor") {
 
-                gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.094f, .094f, .094f, 0f)
+                gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.063f, .070f, .086f, 1f)
 
                 fbo.colorBufferTexture.setFilter(
                         Texture.TextureFilter.Linear,
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ChunkLoadingLoadScreen.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ChunkLoadingLoadScreen.kt
index a94a1f358..8c912e08d 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ChunkLoadingLoadScreen.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ChunkLoadingLoadScreen.kt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class ChunkLoadingLoadScreen(screenToBeLoaded: IngameInstance, private val world
     }
 
     override fun render(delta: Float) {
-        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.094f, .094f, .094f, 0f)
+        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.063f, .070f, .086f, 1f)
 
         val drawWidth = Toolkit.drawWidth
 
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/FancyWorldGenLoadScreen.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/FancyWorldReadLoadScreen.kt
similarity index 85%
rename from src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/FancyWorldGenLoadScreen.kt
rename to src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/FancyWorldReadLoadScreen.kt
index d746a9aae..3a3704b76 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/FancyWorldGenLoadScreen.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/FancyWorldReadLoadScreen.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import kotlin.math.sqrt
 /**
  * Created by minjaesong on 2023-10-30.
  */
-class FancyWorldGenLoadScreen(screenToBeLoaded: IngameInstance, private val worldwidth: Int, private val worldheight: Int, override var preLoadJob: (LoadScreenBase) -> Unit) : LoadScreenBase() {
+class FancyWorldReadLoadScreen(screenToBeLoaded: IngameInstance, private val worldwidth: Int, private val worldheight: Int, override var preLoadJob: (LoadScreenBase) -> Unit) : LoadScreenBase() {
 
     init {
         CommonResourcePool.addToLoadingList("basegame-gui-loadscrlayer01") {
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ class FancyWorldGenLoadScreen(screenToBeLoaded: IngameInstance, private val worl
         TextureRegionPack(it, visibleTileSize, imgYoff + previewHeight, gapSize, 0, xoff, 0)
     }
 
+    var chunksLoaded = 0 // only increments when all the chunks were loaded
+
     override fun render(delta: Float) {
-        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.094f, .094f, .094f, 0f)
+        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.063f, .070f, .086f, 1f)
 
         App.batch.inUse { val it = it as FlippingSpriteBatch
             it.color = Color.WHITE
@@ -82,16 +84,17 @@ class FancyWorldGenLoadScreen(screenToBeLoaded: IngameInstance, private val worl
     }
 
     private fun getProgress(): Int {
-        return 42
+        return (chunksLoaded.toDouble() / vtilesCount).roundToInt()
     }
 
     private fun getStage(): Int {
-        return 2
+        return 2 // fixed value for Read screen
     }
 
     private fun drawTiles(batch: FlippingSpriteBatch, layerCount: Int, tileCount: Int, x: Float, y: Float) {
         for (layer in 0 until layerCount) {
-            for (i in 0 until if (layer == layerCount - 1) tileCount else htilesCount) {
+//            for (i in 0 until if (layer == layerCount - 1) tileCount else htilesCount) {
+            for (i in 0 until tileCount) {
                 batch.draw(tiles[layer].get(i, 0), x + i * tileSize, y)
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/WorldgenLoadScreen.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/WorldgenLoadScreen.kt
index 6eb333da3..b5878ce6c 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/WorldgenLoadScreen.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/WorldgenLoadScreen.kt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class WorldgenLoadScreen(screenToBeLoaded: IngameInstance, private val worldwidt
     }
 
     override fun render(delta: Float) {
-        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.094f, .094f, .094f, 0f)
+        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.063f, .070f, .086f, 1f)
 
         val drawWidth = Toolkit.drawWidth
 
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/serialise/WriteSavegame.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/serialise/WriteSavegame.kt
index a4158e25f..e8b2ea7e2 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/serialise/WriteSavegame.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/serialise/WriteSavegame.kt
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import net.torvald.terrarum.gameworld.BlockLayerI16F16
 import net.torvald.terrarum.gameworld.BlockLayerI16I8
 import net.torvald.terrarum.gameworld.GameWorld
 import net.torvald.terrarum.langpack.Lang
-import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.ChunkLoadingLoadScreen
-import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.FancyWorldGenLoadScreen
+import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.FancyWorldReadLoadScreen
 import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.IngameRenderer
 import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.TerrarumIngame
 import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.gameactors.IngamePlayer
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ object LoadSavegame {
 
 
         val loadJob = { it: LoadScreenBase ->
-            val loadscreen = it as FancyWorldGenLoadScreen
+            val loadscreen = it as FancyWorldReadLoadScreen
             loadscreen.addMessage(Lang["MENU_IO_LOADING"])
 
 
@@ -201,6 +200,7 @@ object LoadSavegame {
 
                     ReadWorld.decodeChunkToLayer(chunkFile.getContent(), worldLayer[layer]!!, chunkXY.x, chunkXY.y)
                 }
+                it.chunksLoaded += 1
             }
 
             loadscreen.addMessage("Updating Block Mappings...")
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ object LoadSavegame {
             printdbg(this, "World loaded: ${newIngame.worldDisk.getDiskName(Common.CHARSET)}")
         }
 
-        val loadScreen = FancyWorldGenLoadScreen(newIngame, world.width, world.height, loadJob)
+        val loadScreen = FancyWorldReadLoadScreen(newIngame, world.width, world.height, loadJob)
         Terrarum.setCurrentIngameInstance(newIngame)
         App.setLoadScreen(loadScreen)
     }
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/StaticLoadScreenSubstitute.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/StaticLoadScreenSubstitute.kt
index 11bdb07a9..1c638244b 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/StaticLoadScreenSubstitute.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/StaticLoadScreenSubstitute.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ object StaticLoadScreenSubstitute {
     operator fun invoke(batch: SpriteBatch) {
         batch.end()
 
-        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.094f, .094f, .094f, 0f)
+        gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.063f, .070f, .086f, 1f)
 
         batch.begin()
 
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/UILoadDemoSavefiles.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/UILoadDemoSavefiles.kt
index 4549a5d1f..63f55aa20 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/UILoadDemoSavefiles.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/ui/UILoadDemoSavefiles.kt
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class UILoadDemoSavefiles(val remoCon: UIRemoCon) : Advanceable() {
             // to hide the "flipped skybox" artefact
             batch.end()
 
-            gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.094f, .094f, .094f, 0f)
+            gdxClearAndEnableBlend(.063f, .070f, .086f, 1f)
 
             batch.begin()