Hello,
I cannot find this specific answer here, so hopefully some helpful True Soul will lend a hand. (I said lend a hand, not take one!)

First, a political statement: I hate Steam. For reasons.

So I want to run BG3 either directly (shortcut) or via LariLauncher. But when I do, there is no Cross Save checkbox in the Options menu.

However, when I launch BG3 via Steam launcher, the Cross Saves checkbox is there.

Now, I know this sounds like an intuitive question... "just run steam", and my reply will be, see above. I hate Steam. I don't want to. The LariLauncher promises I can use Cross Saves with a Larian account, which I have. Yet, no checkbox.

Any ideas? If "It only works with Steam" is the answer, then that's unfortunate, but I'll live with it.

Thank you muchly.
~JA