Quick loading of applet

Hello,

I would like to know if there is a way to make a loading screen for an applet in Java2D. Currently, my applet take between 3 and 20 secondes to start in eclipse When it’s 3 it’s very good but when it takes 20 secondes I always wonder if the game crash or what. So having a loading screen would be usefull.

N.B. Would simply displaying an image on screen then initializing all the other class work?

Check this out:

http://www.java-gaming.org/index.php/topic,23926.msg199383.html#msg199383

This is what I used…