diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/Compatibility/ILuaCsHook.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/Compatibility/ILuaCsHook.cs
index 9a67bddf3..343a73856 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/Compatibility/ILuaCsHook.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/Compatibility/ILuaCsHook.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+using LuaCsCompatPatchFunc = Barotrauma.LuaCsPatch;
 
 namespace Barotrauma.LuaCs.Services.Compatibility;
 
@@ -21,4 +23,12 @@ public interface ILuaCsHook : ILuaCsShim
     string Patch(string className, string methodName, LuaCsPatchFunc patch, EventService.HookMethodType hookType = EventService.HookMethodType.Before);
     bool RemovePatch(string identifier, string className, string methodName, string[] parameterTypes, EventService.HookMethodType hookType);
     bool RemovePatch(string identifier, string className, string methodName, EventService.HookMethodType hookType);
+
+    void HookMethod(string identifier, MethodBase method, LuaCsCompatPatchFunc patch, HookMethodType hookType = HookMethodType.Before, IAssemblyPlugin owner = null);
+    
+    
+    public enum HookMethodType
+    {
+        Before, After
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/PluginManagementService.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/PluginManagementService.cs
index 85b3e35c5..75fe54d4d 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/PluginManagementService.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/PluginManagementService.cs
@@ -70,8 +70,12 @@ public class PluginManagementService : IAssemblyManagementService
     
     private static readonly SyntaxTree BaseAssemblyImports = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(
         new StringBuilder()
+            .AppendLine("global using LuaCsHook = Barotrauma.LuaCs.Services.Compatibility.ILuaCsHook;")
             .AppendLine("using System.Reflection;")
             .AppendLine("using Barotrauma;")
+            .AppendLine("using Barotrauma.LuaCs;")
+            .AppendLine("using Barotrauma.LuaCs.Services;")
+            .AppendLine("using Barotrauma.LuaCs.Services.Compatibility;")
             .AppendLine("using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;")
             .AppendLine("[assembly: IgnoresAccessChecksTo(\"BarotraumaCore\")]")
 #if CLIENT
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/Safe/LuaClasses/LuaPatcherCompat.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/Safe/LuaClasses/LuaPatcherCompat.cs
index 8b59b830e..be821e83f 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/Safe/LuaClasses/LuaPatcherCompat.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Services/Safe/LuaClasses/LuaPatcherCompat.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-global using LuaCsHook = Barotrauma.LuaCs.Services.EventService;
+//global using LuaCsHook = Barotrauma.LuaCs.Services.EventService;
+global using LuaCsHook = Barotrauma.LuaCs.Services.Compatibility.ILuaCsHook;
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using HarmonyLib;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Barotrauma.LuaCs.Services.Compatibility;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter;
 using LuaCsCompatPatchFunc = Barotrauma.LuaCsPatch;
 
@@ -126,6 +128,11 @@ namespace Barotrauma.LuaCs.Services
         private static MethodInfo _miHookLuaCsPatchRetPostfix = typeof(EventService).GetMethod("HookLuaCsPatchRetPostfix", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static);
 
         // TODO: deprecate this
+        
+        public void HookMethod(string identifier, MethodBase method, LuaCsCompatPatchFunc patch, ILuaCsHook.HookMethodType hookType = ILuaCsHook.HookMethodType.Before, IAssemblyPlugin owner = null)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
         public void HookMethod(string identifier, MethodBase method, LuaCsCompatPatchFunc patch, HookMethodType hookType = HookMethodType.Before, IAssemblyPlugin owner = null)
         {
             if (identifier == null || method == null || patch == null)