Unable to return to Apollo Island?

[Pywackett-Barchetta]

I started the mission to retrieve the moon buggy on Apollo Island and saved. Surprisingly, when I reloaded the game, it started me back at police headquarters... with no boats. Anywhere, on the entire map, except for time trials that take the boat away from me when they're completed. How do I get back into the mission and continue the story? (I just learned the hard way that you can't just swim there.)

[Pywackett-Barchetta]

Gah, sorry, solved. But for future reference if anyone else gets stuck this way, there's a chance for a jetski to spawn at Fresco.

[Pywackett-Barchetta]

The ferry doesn't get unlocked until the mission's over.

[Reinhard von Lohengramm]

Poor game design that reloading save games always puts you back at the Police Station. What's the point of mid mission saves if it doesn't save your location?

[Darkstar]

Originally posted by Reinhard von Lohengramm:

Poor game design that reloading save games always puts you back at the Police Station. What's the point of mid mission saves if it doesn't save your location?

Designed for consoles which have different limitations. I don't agree that's it's poor design as the design is efficient for systems that have a suspend and resume feature. I would say that it's a poor implementation on PC of a standard console design. But it's a direct port with out any new bells and whistles so to speak that take advantage of the PC platform .

If it was designed from the ground up as a PC title I'd agree with you on the poor game design part. But it wasn't and is sufficient and proper design for the platform it was developed on.

[Grand Captain Speedy Dash]

I was able to find a docked boat at the bottom right of the map. Near where you build the Ferris Wheel, between two buildins that are stunt ramps.