"shoot constantly when active" causing compiling error

im trying to make a flamethrower that shoots constantly but whenever i set "shoot constantly when active" to true it makes the item not compile properly
heres the error
Executing Gradle task: build
Build info: MCreator 2023.3.36712, fabric-1.20.1, 64-bit, 7834 MB, Windows 11, JVM 17.0.7, JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Pylo\MCreator\jdk, started on: 2023-12-20-10:13:24

> Configure project :
Fabric Loom: 1.2.7
> Task :compileJava
C:\Users\Brandon\MCreatorWorkspaces\bmanbobles\src\main\java\net\mcreator\bmanbobles\item\FlamerItem.java:56: error: cannot find symbol Level world = livingentity.level();
^
symbol: variable livingentity
location: class FlamerItem
1 error
> Task :compileJava FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
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