It's hardcoded in subgame but obviously not ASSS (in a sense). For ASSS you can ?getfile thing.txt:path/thing.txt. Same command can be used for ?putfile.
I would suggest looking at some ASSS code and taking some online tutorials in C to learn to create ASSS modules. Don't waste your time on bots, it's been done to death already.
If you ever happen to see db, the owner, you should get a hold of him. I think JoWie made a simpler version of that RPG called IdleRPG in Hyperspace, but it is a chatnet bot.
Stranger: hey, are you a girl? You: hey You: are you a yam? Stranger: uh, yeah. how'd you know You: you have yam-speak Stranger: what's a yam haha You: you Stranger: riiight Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Moved. I'm also getting the same problem, although I always use ssforum.net. I think Polix is doing something with subspaceonline.com instead of sscentral.com.