I beat the cosmodrome early, it’s the only thing I can think of, and after going through the nose cone, turntable, and train race, it sent me back to the cosmodrome and am completely stuck, jack can’t interact with anything, can’t go back, and cosmodrome was the 2 mission I beat after entering act three. I spent 30 minutes just trying to find the place to go after the train sequence, only place that worked was the cosmodrome for the targeting beacons. I really don’t want to spend another 4 hours doing all of act three again and I don’t think i can even go back the tens if not hundreds of checkpoints ive been through. Please fix this, and if I can get any help that’d be awesome. The game is good and all, but this is a really bad lock up. Especially when the game tells you to go explore and do ■■■■ out of order, this should not happen. The radio towers in act 2 didn’t do this, so why now???
The game never informed me to go explore that place before that part of the main storyline. In fact, I didn’t even know of its existence before that part of the story.
I was looking for relic weapons and side missions for the scavenger side questline, stumbled upon it and had to do it, didn’t even know that train bridge rose because I went to the place and tried to hit the button but it wouldn’t let me, I went to explore, got the shield upgrade, which let me tell you is damn good for act 3, chapter 1, chapter 2, condors, and the scavenger side questline, mainly because of all the damn drop shot enemies they send at you and the turret sections.
The game doesn’t really force you to go into any of these locations when the quest starts - which step of Act 3 where you at when you went into the cosmodrome?
Chapter 1 I believe, right after you can jump on the skiff and once you enter, you can’t leave, the previous checkpoint only brings you to the start of the current one
Strange. I don’t think TC actually thought that the players would go there right away. But I don’t really have much of an experience for trying to leave these story areas before finishing my tasks there. I only went into them when I was at their respective step in the main quest. Didn’t think you’d be stuck there until you finished the area.
In act two, youre able to do north tower before east, even telling you to after visiting east substation, didn’t even notice it would be out of order, I thought they’d be interchangeable since its closer to where you start off, showing clear signs of near by components, a crimson omen for the second best relic (the GL Lancer relic that’s practically a rocket launcher), and even more secret crap further down. Where they give dialogue about a spaceship looking place, an I got the “I lead that attack” quote twice, during chapter 1’s actual area and entering the chapter 3’s area. I thought that was weird but just dismissed it since it missed the second half of the quote in the chapter 3 area. I even went and helped the convoy in the hammer of dawn use location (the glassy area through the old town), sent off Baird (after getting the shield) which i guess is supposed to end Act 3. They trigger for being able to enter chapter three really needs to be added or something. Being able to beat act 3 before it even begins is a major bug. Only reason I know is because I had to go reselect act 3 chapter 3 inorder to progress, which it says I haven’t beaten, but act 3 chapter 4 is beaten
I did the same thing as you and now I’m stuck wandering the sand, also, DO NOT GO BACK TO THE COSMODROME. If you go back and open the door to the inside you’ll be permanently stuck in the first chamber unless you load a new chapter. This game is riddled with bugs and I hope they fix it soon.
STILL HAVE THE COLLECTIBLE PROBLEM I RECORDED IT, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Ufjo-npbI
it was fixed for a moment i could fast get the early collectibles part 2 chapter 4 letter to mom is when it began again , now those are recorded until chapter 3 but now same problem again 
kill me please
I’m also having the exact same problem as you I did the cosmodrome after the first water pump mission and now it’s telling me to go back again after the train turntable. I went back to the Cosmodrome and I’m now permanently stuck in the first room after you slide down the sand because I can’t get Jack to go through the vent even after I’ve pulsed it. I sent an official bug report detailing it so hopefully something can be done to fix it
I have the exact same issue, I did the cosmodome early as I was doing side quests. Now I’m completely stuck. Hope there is a fix soon
Same for me, ruins the game. It’s already took me long enough after checkpoint saves to get here. Now I’m stuck, I’m not playing g through act 3 again. Fix it please.
I have just done the same, I also linked this forum so they can see everyone else’s experiences too.
I got it. Just select the same chapter from the lobby and you are done. Hope this help
Yeah, and replay through every single area in Vasgar again if you did all the side stuff first which most people did.
Lucky you actually went back to baird. I hauled the beacon around and did the other missions and now the gate is closed. I am not losing all my progress and hours of play and redoing it, I spent way too much time being a rat seeking every corner. Now im stuck cus the missions that are “playable at any time” are actually supposed to be linear. Funny. Would’ve been fine if they just set it up that way…………
I have the same issue, The cosmonaut training facility was one of the first things I did. did that. then later got the second beacon related mission and did that. now its telling me to go do that mission but no mission marker
The lobby only allowed me to select act 2 final chapter, so I had to kill the matriarch again and re start act 3.
Same problem I quit the game, restart console and same problem Jack won’t go threw the vent it’s really frustrating,
I was able to restart the chapter and it let me go back to the cosmonaut facility, just had to redo that area.