well aint that just dandy!!!!
So what are you gonna do with this ...?????
Consider this earlier post ..
http://www.novahq.net/forum/showthread.php?t=45412
and a little more digging thru your pff file you will note that the actual file is 003loadscrn.pcx found in your game language dir.
Should you mappers do as stomp suggests, yes your maps will load quicker but by milli seconds ...no big deal.
But this tip does work really well for those mappers that use many /.bms files to one mission such as myself.
On a typical mission i may use as many a dozen .bms files to a mission, with the above link you may then connect up all the bms files to that one mission with a small 800x600 blank load screen, you will still get the red 'load bar'...
I got this idea from the now very old game soldier of fortune 1990's, just remember to let the story carry the action and not the player....good luck
"m"