Installation is blocked on arm64, despite compatibility layer

[Weldawadyathink]

Windows 11 on arm64 has a compatibility layer to run x86 and x86_64 code. When you try to install LOOT on arm64, the installer fails with a message that it only supports x64. If you bypass the installer by copying /Program Files/LOOT from a x64 installation to an arm64 computer, everything works correctly.

I recommend allowing the installer to run on arm64, or allow a bypass to force the installation despite "incompatible" architecture.

[Ortham]

Does the installer from this build work?

[pStyl3]

@Weldawadyathink
Is this still a problem for you? Have you tried the build Ortham pointed to?

[Weldawadyathink]

Hey all, sorry for letting this report languish. I can't remember if that installer worked. I ran into so many issues with other modding software that I ended up abandoning my modding efforts.

[Ortham]

Fair enough. Since that CI build's artifacts have expired I'll mark this as a bug but not awaiting feedback. If Windows on ARM ever leaves its perpetual beta I might try running it in a qemu VM, and if anyone else using Windows on ARM wants to try it out in the future I can always rebuild the change I made.

[Ortham]

I've changed my mind on calling this a bug because although blocking the install isn't intentional, we don't claim to support ARM.