haunt

Hello! I have been encountering a very frustrating issue while trying to run the mod Pixelmon Reforged (12.2/7.0.6) A few days ago I had it working fine on single player using Forge 12, but when I tried to get on a server it said I needed to update the launcher to 12.2. I did, then Pixelmon stopped showing up in the mods when opening Minecraft (which leads me to believe somehow 12.2 is the issue?). Specifically, whenever I set the directory to the mods folder that I have the pixelmon file in, multiple files will then mysteriously appear inside this folder, including another mods folder. I try pixelmon into the new mods folder, and it simply creates new folders when starting up the game. I have tried everything, including uninstalling and reinstalling Minecraft, putting the file in a different folder (it does the same thing, even when outside the .minecraft folder), and reinstalling pixelmon and forge multiple times. I'm super frustrated and would appreciate any advice/help for the problem. Thanks