Problem with connected textures/optifine installation

[XiNaru]

Hey i have a little big problem.

actually i build a modpack in 1.18.2 (actually latest forge there, 40.2.18)
but if i try to add optifine in the modpack, minecraft crashed instantly.

the same after i try forge to downgrade to 40.2.9
https://images.xinaru.de/index.php/s/mW ... kS/preview

because this problem, the connected textures mod doesnt work. thats very crap but an other ressourcepack and/or an other mod for this i dont want to use. i love this ressource pack. can anyone help me?

[HanFox]

OptiFine generally has a hard time working with mods, especially if mods do weird things with the rendering.

You might want to try and ask on the OptiFine discord, I recommend you post your crashlog there, too: https://discord.com/invite/optifine