[edd2010]

How do i get the Meson Bomb to explode quicker, it takes ages

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Set it to kamikaze.  The time it takes any ship to explode is based on the size of the explosion.  Bigger the damage the longer it takes.  Kamikze will cause it to explode immediately. 

[Aardwolf]

Ooo, that's nice to know. I'd tried to do this once but never figured it out, and never bothered.

[edd2010]

cheers fot the help
its been driving me crazy

[jr2]

So, there is no way to manually specify the detonation time or set it to random?  The only thing you can do is get the ship to explode immediately by setting the kamikaze?

[blowfish]

So, there is no way to manually specify the detonation time or set it to random?  The only thing you can do is get the ship to explode immediately by setting the kamikaze?

No, unfortunately there isn't a way to set what, in code terms, is known as the deathroll time.  It might be a nice feature to add (both at a ships.tbl level and at a mission level), but it hasn't been done yet.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Of course there is.  Set the damage done by the bomb itself lower and add a sepcial-explosion sexp at it's coordinates.