diff --git a/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee b/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
index 0cea88040..1d4f478af 100644
--- a/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
@@ -59,15 +59,17 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
 
     # Unless you specify cache:false, sometimes the browser will use a cached session
     # and players will 'lose' code
-    @listenToOnce(@session, 'sync', @onSessionLoaded)
+    
     sessionRes = @supermodel.addModelResource(@session, 'level_session', {cache:false})
+    @listenToOnce(sessionRes, 'resource:loaded', @onSessionLoaded)
     sessionRes.load()
 
     if @opponentSessionID
       @opponentSession = new LevelSession()
       @opponentSession.url = "/db/level_session/#{@opponentSessionID}"
-      @listenToOnce(@opponentSession, 'sync', @onSessionLoaded)
+
       opponentSessionRes = @supermodel.addModelResource(@opponentSession, 'opponent_session')
+      @listenToOnce(opponentSessionRes, 'resource:loaded', @onSessionLoaded)
       opponentSessionRes.load()
 
   sessionsLoaded: ->
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
   # Supermodel (Level) Loading
 
   loadLevelModels: ->
-    @listenTo(@supermodel, 'loaded-one', @onSupermodelLoadedOne)
+    @listenTo(@supermodel, 'superModel:updateProgress', @onSupermodelLoadedOne) # Some models are not added via addModelResource()
     @listenToOnce(@supermodel, 'error', @onSupermodelError)
     @level = @supermodel.getModel(Level, @levelID) or new Level _id: @levelID
     levelID = @levelID
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
   # World init
 
   initWorld: ->
+    console.debug('gintau', 'init-world')
     return if @initialized
     @initialized = true
     @world = new World @level.get('name')
@@ -222,21 +225,25 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
 
   progress: ->
     return 0 unless @level.loaded
-    overallProgress = 0
-    supermodelProgress = @supermodel.getProgress()
-    overallProgress += supermodelProgress * 0.7
+    supermodelProgress = @supermodel.getProgress()    
+    overallProgress = supermodelProgress * 0.7
     overallProgress += 0.1 if @sessionsLoaded()
-    if @headless
-      spriteMapProgress = 0.2
-    else
-      spriteMapProgress = if supermodelProgress is 1 then 0.2 else 0
-      spriteMapProgress *= @spriteSheetsBuilt / @spriteSheetsToBuild if @spriteSheetsToBuild
-    overallProgress += spriteMapProgress
 
+    spriteMapProgress = 1
+    unless @headless
+      spriteMapProgress = @spriteSheetsBuilt / @spriteSheetsToBuild if @spriteSheetsToBuild
+    spriteMapProgress *= 0.2
+    
+    overallProgress += spriteMapProgress
     return overallProgress
 
   notifyProgress: ->
-    Backbone.Mediator.publish 'level-loader:progress-changed', progress: @progress()
+    progress = @progress()
+    Backbone.Mediator.publish 'level-loader:progress-changed', progress: progress
     @initWorld() if @allDone()
     @trigger 'progress'
-    @trigger 'loaded-all' if @progress() is 1
+
+    console.debug 'gintau', 'notify-notifyProgress', progress
+    if progress is 1
+      console.debug 'gintau', 'notify-loaded-all'
+      @trigger 'loaded-all'
diff --git a/app/models/SuperModel.coffee b/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
index 3b065635c..2fd2f451f 100644
--- a/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
+++ b/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ module.exports = class SuperModel extends Backbone.Model
     @num += r.value
     @progress = @num / @denom
 
-    console.debug 'gintau', 'updateProgress', @progress, @num, @denom
+    console.debug 'gintau', 'supermodel-updateProgress', @progress, @num, @denom
     @trigger('superModel:updateProgress', @progress)
     @trigger('loaded-all') if @finished()
 
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
index 7e9a18604..adb577bea 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
   # View Rendering
 
   render: ->
-    @showLoading()
+    console.debug 'gintau' , 'CocoView-Render', @
     return @ unless me
     super()
     return @template if _.isString(@template)
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
     @$el?.find('.loading-screen .progress-bar').css('width', prog)
 
   onLoaded: ->
-    @render?()
 
   # Error handling for loading
   onResourceLoadFailed: (source) ->
@@ -181,14 +180,14 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
   # Loading RootViews
 
   showLoading: ($el=@$el) ->
-    console.debug 'gintau', 'showLoading', $el
+    #console.debug 'gintau', 'showLoading', $el
     $el.find('>').addClass('hidden')
     $el.append loadingScreenTemplate()
     @_lastLoading = $el
 
   hideLoading: ->
     return unless @_lastLoading?
-    console.debug 'gintau', 'hideLoading', @$el
+    #console.debug 'gintau', 'hideLoading', @$el
     @_lastLoading.find('.loading-screen').remove()
     @_lastLoading.find('>').removeClass('hidden')
     @_lastLoading = null
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee
index b24ff1095..8c93bd703 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/level_loading_view.coffee
@@ -9,21 +9,22 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoadingView extends View
   subscriptions:
     'level-loader:progress-changed': 'onLevelLoaderProgressChanged'
 
+  onLoaded: ->
   afterRender: ->
     @$el.find('.tip.rare').remove() if _.random(1, 10) < 9
     tips = @$el.find('.tip').addClass('to-remove')
     tip = _.sample(tips)
     $(tip).removeClass('to-remove')
     @$el.find('.to-remove').remove()
-    @hideLoading()
 
   onLevelLoaderProgressChanged: (e) ->
+    @$el.find('.progress-bar').css('width', (100 * e.progress) + '%')
     @progress = e.progress
     @progress = 0.01 if @progress < 0.01
     @updateProgressBar()
 
   updateProgressBar: ->
-    @$el?.find('.progress-bar').css('width', (100 * @progress) + '%')
+    @$el.find('.progress-bar').css('width', (100 * @progress) + '%')
 
   showReady: ->
     ready = $.i18n.t('play_level.loading_ready', defaultValue: 'Ready!')
diff --git a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
index 333d85a64..fcb2280e5 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
     @listenToOnce(@supermodel, 'error', @onLevelLoadError)
     @saveScreenshot = _.throttle @saveScreenshot, 30000
 
-    @insertSubView @loadingView = new LoadingView {}
     if @isEditorPreview
       f = =>
         @supermodel.shouldSaveBackups = (model) ->
@@ -124,11 +123,12 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
       c.explainHourOfCode = elapsed < 86400 * 1000
     c
 
+  onLoaded: ->
   afterRender: ->
+    super()
     window.onPlayLevelViewLoaded? @  # still a hack
     @insertSubView @loadingView = new LoadingView {}
     @$el.find('#level-done-button').hide()
-    super()
     $('body').addClass('is-playing')
 
   onLevelLoaderProgressChanged: ->
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
     return true
 
   onLevelLoaderLoaded: ->
+    console.debug 'level_view', 'onLevelLoaderLoaded',  @levelLoader.progress()
+
     return unless @levelLoader.progress() is 1 # double check, since closing the guide may trigger this early
     @loadingView.showReady()
     if window.currentModal and not window.currentModal.destroyed