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[Mondark]

No no, they're all turtles.

All the way down.

Toady will there be some sort of semi-chasms? So chasm like formations that lead into a cave(-lakes) rather then to the nothingness beyond - like if the ceiling of said cave just collapsed?

The bottomless chasms and pits are gone right now.  HFS might involve them, who knows?  But in any case the vertical connections will all be finite (haven't done them yet), though before climbing we're aiming on making most or all of the adventurer accessible.

Ah!  Thank you.
*goes back to lurking*

[Christes]

I understand that from an in-game perspective, it's more realistic to have the currency named by the various kingdoms, but when talking about it here on the forums, I kind of don't like having to look at a unicode table to get the ☼ symbol, and calling it dwarfbucks sounds silly.

You say that like sounding silly is a bad thing.  Although dwarfdegrees is a little clunky.

Dwarfenheit?  Dwarfigrade?  (Dwarfius is meh)

[Eduren]

Dwarfenheit?  Dwarfigrade?  (Dwarfius is meh)

Dwarfkine?

[ToonyMan]

Man, they look like turtles for a reason.  They're turtles.  Always will be, atleast in my mind.....millions of turtles....yesss.....yesss.....

[JoshuaFH]

I understand that from an in-game perspective, it's more realistic to have the currency named by the various kingdoms, but when talking about it here on the forums, I kind of don't like having to look at a unicode table to get the ☼ symbol, and calling it dwarfbucks sounds silly.

You say that like sounding silly is a bad thing.  Although dwarfdegrees is a little clunky.

Not that silliness is a bad thing, I just don't want to sound stupid if there ever comes a day when I have to explain this to someone not already affiliated with Dwarf Fortress.

[Mandaril]

If copper coins have the value of 1☼ (can't check ingame to confirm atm) then the most logical conclusion for me is to call x☼ "x coppers". Bit like how some games call currency "x gold pieces".

Are there no chasms or bottomless pits in upcoming release? Or is the "bottomless"-features just removed and the pits/chasms are still there (without the bottomless part)? Oh well, hopefully the underground caverns will make me forget those lovely features.

[Hummingbird]

Dwarfenheit?  Dwarfigrade?  (Dwarfius is meh)

Dwarfkine?

Dwarvin?

[Areyar]

dwarfonid dwarfite dwarfique dwarvitude dwarficles ...
how about 'cogs' for dwarfbucks?

[Sunday]

Dwarfgrees?

[Areyar]

degrees Uristius

[Dakk]

^
 Urist degrees

[G-Flex]

If copper coins have the value of 1☼ (can't check ingame to confirm atm) then the most logical conclusion for me is to call x☼ "x coppers". Bit like how some games call currency "x gold pieces".

Are there no chasms or bottomless pits in upcoming release? Or is the "bottomless"-features just removed and the pits/chasms are still there (without the bottomless part)? Oh well, hopefully the underground caverns will make me forget those lovely features.

Truly bottomless pits have been taken out. I think Toady set he MIGHT leave them in for some HFS-related stuff, but I wouldn't count on it.

Of course, due to the new cave system, you're liable to find pits several z-levels in depth anyway. Probably.

[Cruxador]

Will the currency in Dwarf Fortress ever receive an official name?

Whatever a given civilization calls it is it's given name.  All nations and kingdoms adopt their own official names for currency after all.  I've always thought it a little silly how some games have one universal currency with a universal name; even we in the modern world are reticent against the concept.

I imagine it will always just be dwarfbucks, turtles, monies, or ☼, and even the last one is just a convenience for the program displays.  Same with dwarfpounds ( Γ ) and dwarfdegrees.

I understand that from an in-game perspective, it's more realistic to have the currency named by the various kingdoms, but when talking about it here on the forums, I kind of don't like having to look at a unicode table to get the ☼ symbol, and calling it dwarfbucks sounds silly.

☼With NumLock on, press Alt+15. The 15 must come from the numpad. Now you know.☼

[Christes]

how about 'cogs' for dwarfbucks?

I see what you did there.

[CobaltKobold]

Only in ASCII. from the character table on the wiki, ☼: 263C: 15

"Gusil"