lag using love.physics

[Doctory]

I've been fixing up an old platformer I found and I happened to stumble upon some extreme lag.
First there's no lag, then it increases by time.
Hope you can fix it.

[Doctory]

I do realize this is a double post, but I'M LOSING MY PATIENCE!

[Azhukar]

You are creating thousands of new bodies, fixtures and shapes each second.

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function love.draw()
...
rect.body = love.physics.newBody(world, x * 20, y * 20, "static")
rect.shape = love.physics.newRectangleShape(20, 20)
rect.fixture = love.physics.newFixture(rect.body, rect.shape)
...
end

[Doctory]

You are creating thousands of new bodies, fixtures and shapes each second.

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function love.draw()
...
rect.body = love.physics.newBody(world, x * 20, y * 20, "static")
rect.shape = love.physics.newRectangleShape(20, 20)
rect.fixture = love.physics.newFixture(rect.body, rect.shape)
...
end

How do I fix this?

[Plu]

Create the bodies, shapes and fixtures only once (probably in love.load or some other loading function) and then keep using those.

The same way you'd do it with images and sounds and the like; store the return value from the creator function and keep using it.

[Doctory]

Create the bodies, shapes and fixtures only once (probably in love.load or some other loading function) and then keep using those.

The same way you'd do it with images and sounds and the like; store the return value from the creator function and keep using it.

OK, so I did that now, but the problem is it only draws the last block. How do I make it so it draws them all?

[bartbes]

I do realize this is a double post, but I'M LOSING MY PATIENCE!

It was 4 hours. Calm down.