Wallpaper and Appearance

Appearance settings are deliberately device-local.

That means you can make your desktop setup feel different from your phone or travel device without affecting your synced creative configuration.

This is a deliberate design choice, not a missing sync feature.

Visual comfort is contextual. A desktop can handle atmosphere, texture, and denser composition. A small phone screen often benefits from restraint, stronger contrast, and fewer distractions.

What You Can Change

Appearance currently includes wallpaper behavior for the shell.

Available modes include:

• Default.
• Grid.
• Scanlines.
• Uploaded image.

Depending on your workflow, each option serves a different purpose:

• Default is the safest baseline when you want minimal visual noise.
• Grid adds structure without overpowering text.
• Scanlines can add a stylized terminal-like atmosphere.
• Uploaded image lets you build a more personal or campaign-specific environment.

Why Appearance Stays Local

Appearance is treated as a comfort setting, not a shared creative rule.

This has a few benefits:

• A phone can stay minimal and readable.
• A desktop can be more atmospheric.
• Shared synced settings do not overwrite each device's practical display needs.

This separation prevents a common annoyance in cross-device apps: a dramatic desktop visual setup accidentally making the mobile experience worse.

Uploaded Wallpapers

Uploaded wallpapers are stored for the local device experience.

Use uploads when:

• You want one persistent mood board image.
• You want a custom environment for a long campaign.
• You want a different look on each device.

If you use uploaded art, prioritize readability over decoration. A wallpaper that looks impressive in an empty interface can become exhausting during a two-hour writing session.

Practical Advice

Choose readability first

If a wallpaper hurts contrast or makes long scenes harder to read, it is not helping the experience.

Use light decoration for long sessions

Subtle surfaces often work better than busy images when you spend hours in the same scene.

This is especially true if you stream long model replies or keep several UI panels visible at once.

Expect this setting to remain local

If you open Abolitus on another device and the wallpaper is different, that is expected behavior.

Good Appearance Habits

If you want a setup that still feels good after weeks of use:

1. Pick one high-readability baseline for daily work.
2. Use stronger visual mood only for specific campaigns or characters.
3. Recheck contrast after changing fonts, zoom, or display brightness.
4. Keep mobile simpler than desktop unless you have tested the result in real use.

The best appearance setup is the one that disappears while you write.