Why DayZ sucks

I'm going to document all of the annoying errors I get while trying to join a custom DayZ server:

Addon 'dayz_anim' requires addon 'CA_CommunityConfigurationProject_E'

 From what I could tell, this was caused by not loading DayZ with the beta patch.

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I received this error from opening the Expansions menu in DayZ:

 No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgMods/VILAS_RW_Forces_CO.dir'.

It seems to be from Vilas's Eastern Weapons Pack. When I enable it and restart my game, it is promptly disabled after the restart.

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When I try to join the custom server I want, it gives me this error:

You cannot play/edit this mission; it is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted. gnt_c185

Before installing DayZ Epoch Panthera, it was:

You cannot play/edit this mission; dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted. asc_eu_lights

When I close these popups, it errors out with:

Include file z\addons\dayz_code\system\BIS_Effects\init.sqf not found.

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A forum post suggested that I should copy the contents of Arma 2 to Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead. I did that and now receive:

No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgWeapons/BAF_L85A2_UGL_Holo.BAF_L17_40mm'.

These errors never end...

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It's four days later and now it's time for more errors:

Picture z\addons\dayz_code\gui\mod.paa not found

But I finally got DayZ to work! I had to uninstall the Arma 2: DayZ Mod entry that I had in Steam, make sure its folder was removed in Arma 2.