How do you open a later version level in a previous version?

My friend made me a level using unreal engine 4.7.1, and I use 4.6.1. Game crashes when I put his .umap in my content folder, and importing the level does not work. Is there any way to convert the level to be compatible with 4.6? Thanks.

I don’t think so. You can’t use something from a newer engine version in an old one. You will need to upgrade your engine to at least 4.7.1 to use his .umap.