The .res file is mainly for servers that are using fast downloads. I tells the server what files it needs. Although since I used pakrat theres only 1 file it it right now. Without pakrat there would of been two....but ya know. Maps like nippers maps which have hundreds of custom textures and sounds. Those normally have a giant .res file. I don't like it when map makers leave me hangin with no .res file to put on my server. So i'm not going to make people have to do that with mine.
Well...i'm somewhat new to this server stuff and new to map making. If it really does download from the server then I won't make a .res for my next version...if my map successfuly runs with using pakrat that is. But when my first b1 came out and was on my server I never downloaded the text. That or it didn't get put on our server somehow.
Like i said try to get redirectspace where datatraffic isn't a problem, i have rented my server and i have free redirectspace with unlimited datatraffic.