From 8246e58f00ea060f0a2c044f165eaf008b129bae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Higueros <111460331+TheDavSmasher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:44:51 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Added base Begin for Paginable menu

---
 MiraAPI/Hud/CustomPaginableMenu.cs | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MiraAPI/Hud/CustomPaginableMenu.cs b/MiraAPI/Hud/CustomPaginableMenu.cs
index 4ef1df6..26142df 100644
--- a/MiraAPI/Hud/CustomPaginableMenu.cs
+++ b/MiraAPI/Hud/CustomPaginableMenu.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using Il2CppInterop.Runtime.Attributes;
+using MiraAPI.Patches.Stubs;
 using MiraAPI.Utilities.Assets;
 using Reactor.Utilities;
 using Reactor.Utilities.Extensions;
@@ -364,4 +365,25 @@ public abstract class CustomPaginableMenu(IntPtr il2CppPtr) : CustomPhoneMenu<Cu
 
         return bounds;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Begins/opens the custom player menu. After registering panels, it will prepare the search, pages, and open the menu.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="registerEntryPanels">Function where all panels should be registered.</param>
+    [HideFromIl2Cpp]
+    protected void Begin(Action registerEntryPanels)
+    {
+        MinigameStubs.Begin(this, null);
+
+        searchText = string.Empty;
+        currentPage = 0;
+
+        registerEntryPanels();
+
+        EnsureSearchUi();
+
+        var list2 = ShowPage();
+
+        ControllerManager.Instance.OpenOverlayMenu(name, backButton, defaultButtonSelected, list2);
+    }
 }