diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Lua/LuaClasses/LuaUserData.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Lua/LuaClasses/LuaUserData.cs
index 94b74963e..914caefa9 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Lua/LuaClasses/LuaUserData.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Lua/LuaClasses/LuaUserData.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 	{
 		public static Type GetType(string typeName)
 		{
+            if (typeName == null || typeName.Length == 0) return null;
+
 			var byRef = false;
-			if (typeName.StartsWith("out ") || typeName.StartsWith("ref "))
+            if (typeName.StartsWith("out ") || typeName.StartsWith("ref "))
 			{
 				typeName = typeName.Remove(0, 4);
 				byRef = true;
@@ -266,4 +268,4 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 			return CreateUserDataFromDescriptor(scriptObject, descriptor);
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/LuaCsHook.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/LuaCsHook.cs
index 344856c46..38df2d536 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/LuaCsHook.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/LuaCsHook.cs
@@ -817,31 +817,59 @@ namespace Barotrauma
         private static MethodBase ResolveMethod(string className, string methodName, string[] parameters)
         {
             var classType = LuaUserData.GetType(className);
-            if (classType == null) throw new InvalidOperationException($"Invalid class name '{className}'");
+            if (classType == null) throw new ScriptRuntimeException($"invalid class name '{className}'");
 
             const BindingFlags BINDING_FLAGS = BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
-            const string CTOR = ".ctor";
 
             MethodBase method = null;
-            if (parameters != null)
+
+            try
             {
-                var parameterTypes = parameters.Select(x => LuaUserData.GetType(x)).ToArray();
-                // TODO: remove the casts once we can use C# 9 features
-                method = methodName == CTOR
-                    ? (MethodBase)classType.GetConstructor(BINDING_FLAGS, null, parameterTypes, null)
-                    : (MethodBase)classType.GetMethod(methodName, BINDING_FLAGS, null, parameterTypes, null);
+                if (parameters != null)
+                {
+                    var parameterTypes = parameters.Select(x => LuaUserData.GetType(x)).ToArray();
+                    method = methodName switch
+                    {
+                        ".cctor" => classType.TypeInitializer,
+                        ".ctor" => classType.GetConstructors(BINDING_FLAGS)
+                            .Except(new[] { classType.TypeInitializer })
+                            .Where(x => x.GetParameters().Select(x => x.ParameterType).SequenceEqual(parameterTypes))
+                            .SingleOrDefault(),
+                        _ => classType.GetMethod(methodName, BINDING_FLAGS, null, parameterTypes, null),
+                    };
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    ConstructorInfo GetCtor()
+                    {
+                        var ctors = classType.GetConstructors(BINDING_FLAGS)
+                            .Except(new[] { classType.TypeInitializer })
+                            .GetEnumerator();
+
+                        if (!ctors.MoveNext()) return null;
+                        var ctor = ctors.Current;
+
+                        if (ctors.MoveNext()) throw new AmbiguousMatchException();
+                        return ctor;
+                    }
+
+                    method = methodName switch
+                    {
+                        ".cctor" => throw new ScriptRuntimeException("type initializers can't have parameters"),
+                        ".ctor" => GetCtor(),
+                        _ => classType.GetMethod(methodName, BINDING_FLAGS),
+                    };
+                }
             }
-            else
+            catch (AmbiguousMatchException)
             {
-                method = methodName == CTOR
-                    ? (MethodBase)classType.GetConstructor(BINDING_FLAGS, null, Array.Empty<Type>(), null)
-                    : (MethodBase)classType.GetMethod(methodName, BINDING_FLAGS);
+                throw new ScriptRuntimeException("ambiguous method signature");
             }
 
             if (method == null)
             {
                 var parameterNamesStr = parameters == null ? "" : string.Join(", ", parameters);
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Method '{methodName}({parameterNamesStr})' not found in class '{className}'");
+                throw new ScriptRuntimeException($"method '{methodName}({parameterNamesStr})' not found in class '{className}'");
             }
 
             return method;
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaTest/LuaCs/HookPatchHelpers.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaTest/LuaCs/HookPatchHelpers.cs
index 632ceca38..e506b2682 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaTest/LuaCs/HookPatchHelpers.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaTest/LuaCs/HookPatchHelpers.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace TestProject.LuaCs
             if (patchId != null) args.Add(Stringify(patchId));
             args.Add(Stringify(className));
             args.Add(Stringify(methodName));
-            if (parameters != null && parameters.Length > 0)
+            if (parameters != null)
             {
                 var sb = new StringBuilder();
                 sb.Append("{ ");
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace TestProject.LuaCs
                 end
             ", LuaCsHook.HookMethodType.Before);
             Assert.Equal(DataType.String, returnValue.Type);
-            return new(returnValue.String, () => luaCs.RemovePrefix<T>(returnValue.String, methodName));
+            return new(returnValue.String, () => luaCs.RemovePrefix<T>(returnValue.String, methodName, parameters));
         }
 
         public static PatchHandle AddPostfix<T>(this LuaCsSetup luaCs, string body, string methodName, string[]? parameters = null, string? patchId = null)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ namespace TestProject.LuaCs
                 end
             ", LuaCsHook.HookMethodType.After);
             Assert.Equal(DataType.String, returnValue.Type);
-            return new(returnValue.String, () => luaCs.RemovePostfix<T>(returnValue.String, methodName));
+            return new(returnValue.String, () => luaCs.RemovePostfix<T>(returnValue.String, methodName, parameters));
         }
 
         public static bool RemovePrefix<T>(this LuaCsSetup luaCs, string patchId, string methodName, string[]? parameters = null)
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaTest/LuaCs/HookPatchTests.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaTest/LuaCs/HookPatchTests.cs
index bd69ff172..de2169909 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaTest/LuaCs/HookPatchTests.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaTest/LuaCs/HookPatchTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Barotrauma;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using MoonSharp.Interpreter;
+using System;
 using Xunit;
 using Xunit.Abstractions;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ namespace TestProject.LuaCs
             UserData.RegisterType<PatchTargetReturnsInterface>();
             UserData.RegisterType<PatchTargetModifyParams>();
             UserData.RegisterType<PatchTargetVector2>();
+            UserData.RegisterType<PatchTargetAmbiguous>();
             UserData.RegisterType<PatchTargetConstructor>();
             UserData.RegisterType<PatchTargetNumbers>();
 
@@ -306,6 +308,41 @@ namespace TestProject.LuaCs
             Assert.Equal("{X:1 Y:2}", returnValue);
         }
 
+        private class PatchTargetAmbiguous
+        {
+            public PatchTargetAmbiguous() { }
+
+            public PatchTargetAmbiguous(int a) { }
+
+            public void Blah() { }
+
+            public void Blah(int a) { }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestPatchAmbiguous()
+        {
+            using var patchTargetHandle = HookPatchHelpers.LockPatchTarget<PatchTargetAmbiguous>();
+
+            Assert.Throws<ScriptRuntimeException>(() =>
+            {
+                using var postfixHandle = luaCs.AddPostfix<PatchTargetAmbiguous>("", ".ctor");
+            });
+            Assert.Throws<ScriptRuntimeException>(() =>
+            {
+                using var prefixHandle = luaCs.AddPrefix<PatchTargetAmbiguous>("", ".ctor");
+            });
+
+            Assert.Throws<ScriptRuntimeException>(() =>
+            {
+                using var postfixHandle = luaCs.AddPostfix<PatchTargetAmbiguous>("", nameof(PatchTargetAmbiguous.Blah));
+            });
+            Assert.Throws<ScriptRuntimeException>(() =>
+            {
+                using var prefixHandle = luaCs.AddPrefix<PatchTargetAmbiguous>("", nameof(PatchTargetAmbiguous.Blah));
+            });
+        }
+
         private class PatchTargetConstructor
         {
             public enum CtorType
@@ -345,10 +382,10 @@ namespace TestProject.LuaCs
             {
                 using var postfixHandle = luaCs.AddPostfix<PatchTargetConstructor>(@$"
                     instance.Ctor = {(int)PatchTargetConstructor.CtorType.Patched}
-                ", ".ctor");
+                ", ".ctor", Array.Empty<string>());
                 using var prefixHandle = luaCs.AddPrefix<PatchTargetConstructor>(@$"
                     instance.PrefixRan = true
-                ", ".ctor");
+                ", ".ctor", Array.Empty<string>());
                 var target = new PatchTargetConstructor();
                 Assert.Equal(PatchTargetConstructor.CtorType.Patched, target.Ctor);
                 Assert.True(target.PrefixRan);