borderlands-2
I'm playing the mission Rakkaholics Anonymous, where you have to chase a truck around and make it drop barrels. Well one of the barrels it dropped got stuck on a cliff and I cant reach it or figure out what to do. I tried to ignore it and keep chasing the truck but the truck won't drop any more barrels. So what do I do?
I'm playing on the PS3.
On the main menu, you will have a Select Character option. That lets you switch the active single player save. Once chosen, select Continue.
If you join another host's game, you can also choose which of these saves (characters) to play as in the first screen it shows you after you connect to the server, via the Select Character menu option.
Any progress in single or multiple is saved automatically per save. If you played co-op on the first save and progressed through the missions with others in co-op on their save (mission progression), any you complete with them will be saved on your character and you can't "go back" without creating a new character.
See How does mission progress work in multiplayer? for a description of how MP progress works when playing on other's hosts.
When you view the item on the ground or in your inventory, under the name and type of customization, a red block of text says "Already Unlocked" if you have already unlocked it before.
You can sell it, or better yet, trade or give it to a co-op partner who doesn't have it yet.
Best Answer
As in Borderlands 1, there are a few random pathing and clipping glitches that can prevent you from finding an item, completing a mission, or even moving. Most can be corrected by simply restarting the game.
Usually choosing exit from the pause menu and then continuing will reset your location to the nearest quick transit terminal, reset the zone or area you're in, and reset the mission you're on. You might loose a bit of progress but not much.
However, there there is a small potential for one of these glitches to occur in such a way that the glitch gets preserved if you choose the exit option (which saves your current progress). If this occurs the only way to recover is to start the game over from the beginning.
To prevent this from happening, anytime I play Borderlands (or any other semi-randomized or procedurally made game) I always do a soft restart whenever I encounter a glitch. I might loose some progress, exp, weapons, etc, but it guarantees that I can recover from the glitch without having to start the game over again.
On the Xbox 360 hit the Xbox button on the controller and choose return to console window; or just power off the Xbox and turn it back on. On PC force-close the application by alt-tabbing out of it, opening up task manager, and killing the process.