so I obtained permission, and found a way to connect to my neighbor's wifi (moved my computer across the house to reach it) and so I think I will just end up getting the torrent, and seeing if that works offline. But something tells me no matter what I do, it won't work. the consensus I've reached is that because cata emulation is very new, people have not had the time to create the work-arounds that would be needed, and as many people who do use private servers have their own internet, they never run into this problem. Thanks to everyone who helped me with my issue, but If I do find out how to get Cata to work without current and constant internet connection, I will most likely post a How-to for others, in thanks for such a great repack. Thanks again!!