Older EF Versions Extending Before 2.602

Just wondering, I was decided to download the earlier versions of EF that were made before 2.602 patch came out, and when I enter a game on that certain version it just freezes.  Is there a way so that I can play the mod in early version while having it still patched up to 2.602?

No, you'd need to go back to patch 2.601.

Actually, if you copy the files factionfix.dll & luaCoreExt.dll from a 2.602 verison, and paste them over the ones existing in a 2.601 it *might* work.