Yes but the change that seemed to work for me was when I switched from this hook…
acf/load_field/key=
to this hook…
acf/prepare_field/key=
load_field would work for items not nested, i have not done any digging though to fully understand the difference and why the change worked.
Thank you John!!
I solved my own problem about 10 minutes after posting this.
this worked…
acf/prepare_field/key=field_123
