The problem I'm having is that a lot of my effects are "burst" based, meaning I need the particle system to emit a whole bunch of particles in one frame, update and draw those particles (without emitting any more), then reset the system and get ready for the next time I need that effect. ...

I had the same stuttering issue when turning v-sync on. This thread (first among others) was extremely helpful to me in coming up with a solid "fixed timestep" loop that solved my issue. As thanks, here's some easily reusable code that should do exactly what's needed for the next person th...

Ok, that's fine, I can do that. Was just going to offer to update the wiki, but someone beat me to it! Thanks!

Has Contact:getSeparation() been removed from LÖVE 0.8.0? It's still in the documentation at https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Contact:getSeparation, but whenever I call it on a Contact returned inside the love.physics callbacks I get the error "attempt to call method 'getSeparation' (a nil value)&qu...