Thank you all for your answers! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Ok, I did download and install the patch yesterday. I can open many locks I've run across, but still not a single barrel. BUT, my lockpicking is only at level 2. I'll add some points to it when I get to make another level.
I've made it all the way up in the prison to the Drill Grounds area. I found a key to the battlefield, and went there last night for the first time. I was wondering if that would be a good place to set up home base, but was worried the battlefields were randomly generated during the game as well.
Thanks to the advice in this thread, I now don't think they are random, and I'll go back and drag those barrels back there and set up a home base until I can open them before I go further forward. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
