loading screen

collocation in English

meaningsofloadandscreen

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load
noun
uk
/ləʊd/us
/loʊd/
the amount of weight carried, especially by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or ...
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screen
noun[C]
uk
/skriːn/us
/skriːn/
a flat surface in a cinema, on a television, or as part of a computer, on which pictures or words ...
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(Definition ofloadandscreenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theloadingscreenand graphics changed but the music sound effects and gameplay remained the same.
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Here players can also viewloadingscreenart, cinematics, and comic book covers acquired during gameplay.
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The only noticeable difference is theloadingscreen.
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A door on the exterior of the house brings up aloadingscreen, which transitions the user into the house's interior cell.
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Because theloadingscreendata itself needs to be read from the media, it actually increases the overall loading time.
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Upon entering, users have a map of the world and may choose their destination, bringing the user to aloadingscreen.
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It was later featured as theloadingscreenmusic in game.
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Namco has used playable mini-games during aloadingscreen.
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Here players can viewloadingscreenart, cinematics, and comic book covers acquired during gameplay.
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Theloadingscreenshows the compound and a building in the background, which included a pixel dot representing each screen.
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To counter this, the team is includingloadingscreentips and tutorials to allow players to explore the open-ended nature of the game.
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In early video games, theloadingscreenwas also a chance for graphic artists to be creative without the technical limitations often required for the in-game graphics.
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The reason for this can be attributed to the use of the title screen as aloadingscreen, in which to cache all the graphical elements of the main menu.
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Aloadingscreenmay appear.
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The game does not have any loading screens once a level is started.
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The game's battle system combines strategic turn-based and real-time elements; and battles directly occur in the field, with no loading screens.
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There are no in-game loading screens or pauses.
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There are no in-game loading screens or level transitions.
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