HalfLife2Files.com has just posted an interview with Sven Viking (SvenCo-op team leader), discussing the almost-released Sven Co-op v3.0 for Half-Life as well as touching on the subjects of Steam and Half-Life 2.

aNeO: What are some of the New Creatures in 3.0? Or what current ones
have you *upgraded*?

Sven Viking: New creatures in 3.0 are the Voltigore, Baby Voltigore, OpFor/Medic/SAW/Torch grunts, cleansuit scientist, and the Black Ops Osprey. There are player-allied versions of each of these, who (except for the Osprey) can follow you around and carry out orders.

The main upgraded creatures are the Heavy Weapons Grunt (he can run, uses animation blending, drops his Minigun on death, etc.), the Shocktrooper (uses spore grenades now), and the Alien Slave (revives its fallen comrades).

There are many improvements that apply to all enemies, though, such as pathfinding improvements, the ability to jump from low ledges, knowing to run away from melee monsters (e.g. zombies)... Intelligent creatures can make use of controllable turrets dynamically, human enemies are really good at dodging grenades and rockets, etc.

Interview URL:
http://www.halflife2files.com/file.news?ID=7822

Sven Co-op site URL:
http://www.svencoop.com/

Half-Life2Files site URL:
http://www.halflife2files.com/