Hi all, I am half way through my PhD and I am still waiting for a software on which my entire project topic is based on. I am completely down now as I just have one year and four months do work and generate results and write up my thesis. My supervisors are really very nice and they know very well that this is completely not in my hands at all. They are thinking about diverting the topic a bit. I am very much worried now if I will be able to finish it on time with good quality. I feel so depressed and incompetent all the time. Please help me with your suggestions.

Hi Screwedup, may I ask what software it is? Is it very bespoke or more mainstream?

It is actually an in-house software of some other institute which they promised to give us for my project. They promised almost when I started my PhD here and still haven't got it yet. I am not sure about how long it is going to take.