Its not necessarily chunks that are unloaded, but rather specific portions of my world, where if I step into them, they immediately load and sometimes deload the area I was just in. Causing a block update seems to load the area like normal, but I don't know what is causing this issue. The modpack I am playing is Blightfall and is a 1.7.10 pack.
Here is a google drive link to some photos:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IYAZmx3FDVSRIjdCPDZhPdl1aXWV9E8g?usp=sharing