Only forge is installed - NO MODS - server side nor client.
Server log of failed connection:
[11:24:12] [Server thread/INFO]: com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile@4058d33[id=<null>,name=mr_coffee1026,properties={},legacy=false] (/127.0.0.1:4766) lost connection: Disconnected
No logs after this entry, server remains running, no crashing or anything.
Client side log:
[11:24:12] [Render thread/INFO]: Connecting to localhost, 25565
[11:24:12] [Netty Client IO #6/ERROR]: Channels [forge:tier_sorting] rejected their server side version number
[11:24:12] [Netty Client IO #6/ERROR]: Terminating connection with server, mismatched mod list
No entries after this. Can connect to other servers without this issue.
Server version: 1.18 (paper-60)
Forge version: 38.0.16
Found similar posts but those seemed to get much further than I did since they were able to remove mods and have things work. I can't connect with Forge. If I remove forge everything is fine... but the whole point is to run a couple mods and for that I need forge so need to get past this error with forge before loading mods. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!