Well, not really engine changes...
1: tribal, I actually reported you for this, but it's just a new animation...
2: Probably just delete your char, make separate dts's of each part of the player, spawn them in the same places with same color and crap. Make the parts Tumble and script the camera to stay centered in that...probably by invisible object...
VERY impractical, and I just made that up as I went along :D