I am absolutely here to help and make the community and Forge better.
Interestingly enough, the mod authors themselves, tell people to take exactly this approach when solving conflicts between mods. “Remove what you added, and add them back slowly until it breaks”.
From the OPs own words:::
problem 1.) “I kinda installed a bunch of mods....”
Let’s dig in, ok ? That’s not so much of an issue; IF the user verified compatibility or did even cursory compatibility testing.
Clearly that isn’t the case here.
Problem. 2.) “I’m not really savvy about this...”
This generally predicts failure. It’s cool to be new. That’s what this forums for. Helping new people.
My suggestion to the user to remove the mods, and put them back in 1 at a time will accomplish 2 things immediately.
1.) it will allow them to discover dependencies, because the GUI will tell them “Blah blah.mod” requires “libraries.mod” to work. It will even give them a button that opens the mods folder.
**That way they can systematically get the pack working, and as soon as they hit a boot error that cannot be resolved by adding back a dependency they can come here with specific problem statements in order to get prescriptive help, and not “maybe try this”.
This doesn’t require any skill other than being able to read, and it teaches the user at a high level ; how interaction between different mods can create issues.
Now to your comment about it not being helpful, I’ve been in the field going on 25 years, so I’m exceptionally qualified to propose this as a solution. If your authority as a Mod has motivated you to come in here and slap me with a ruler, that’s your prerogative.
My post(s) or suggestions have been neither counterproductive nor trolling. If the poster takes my approach they will not only come out the other side with a working pack, but they’ll also learn a heck of a lot more about how this stuff works, in the process.
This makes them more self-sufficient.
A better community member.