So gona make this quick, newer forge versions on 1.18.2 broke optifine somehow... some newer versions just crash when creating or loading into world or straigh up breaks the game itself with optifine, and you cant damage ender dragon with melee with is absurd...
even with mods and optifine you cant damage some enemys on those newer versions of forge, even modded, for example wither storm mod tenticles...
but strangely older versions of optifine work they broke somewhere past 40.1.0 forge version...
can anyone of the forge support look into it??? there few reports as well like here:
its really frustrating playing with older forge cause many mods break or arent compatable