It seems the promised patch is broken- don't know if this means it will be fixed soon or if it will be another 6 months to a year. They say they are going back to beginning.

What beginning?

There was a lot of speculating,bantering and arguing on the IC forum,but they locked the post yesterday I think!
Why?

I hope it's only back to the beginning of the industrial revolution, not the beginning of man's use of tools. Sticks and stones may not be that helpful.

Going back to the beginning? i thought they said compiling a new version? maybe a week?

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=31264
Maybe I miss read? They will start to compile a new version at the beginning of next week. No estimate as to how long that will take. Compiling the last one has taken since last fall.

I could not be bothered to read the 11 pages again, but I see the answer in the first sentence

'I have to tell you is very bad news - the current beta version of the patch didn't pass internal test and was sent back for revision. We plan to assemble the new version only at the beginning of the next week.' - BlackSix

So it's the beginning of the week, not industrial revolution. I'm glad

But they are beginning to compile a new version. So back to 10/2011 again?

If compile means rewrites and completing features in the game then maybe. I don't think compile means this however

They've probably compiled and tested fifty or more versions of the graphic/performance patch in the last few months. I wouldn't be too worried just yet, it just means rewriting a small portion of the latest version of the patch in a way that they hope will fix the latest bug/bugs.