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[TechnoCat]

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function newobject(name,world,m,x,y,r,width,height,angle)
	objects.name = {}
	
	objects.name.body = love.physics.newBody(world, x, y, m, r) 
	objects.name.shape = love.physics.newRectangleShape(objects.name.body, 0, 0, width, height, angle) --anchor the shape to the body, and make it a width of 650 and a height of 50
end

Here's your problem.
objects.name.body is literally objects["name"]["body"]
try objects[name] instead

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[TechnoCat]

You're still using objects.name in objects.name.shape
objects[name].shape

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[ivan]

You are missing the line "objects[name] = {}":

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function newobject(name,world,m,x,y,r,width,height,angle)
	objects[name] = {}	
	objects[name] = love.physics.newBody(world, x, y, m, r) 
	objects[name].shape = love.physics.newRectangleShape(objects.name.body, 0, 0, width, height, angle)
end

Also, it would be a good idea to put an assert at the beginning of the function:

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assert(objects[name] == nil)

To prevent accidentally overwriting your objects by name.

[TechnoCat]

You are missing the line "objects[name] = {}":

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function newobject(name,world,m,x,y,r,width,height,angle)
	objects[name] = {}	
	objects[name] = love.physics.newBody(world, x, y, m, r) 
	objects[name].shape = love.physics.newRectangleShape(objects.name.body, 0, 0, width, height, angle)
end

ivan, you missed one [name] yourself. lol
Also, you probably wanted to store newBody into "body".

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function newobject(name,world,m,x,y,r,width,height,angle)
	objects[name] = {}	
	objects[name].body = love.physics.newBody(world, x, y, m, r) 
	objects[name].shape = love.physics.newRectangleShape(objects[name].body, 0, 0, width, height, angle)
end

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[Robin]

This is your problem:

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   newobject(ground,world,0,650/2,625,0,650,50,0)

The name ground doesn't point to anything, so it points to nil.

Change to:

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   newobject("ground",world,0,650/2,625,0,650,50,0)

Also, when something errors, you get a traceback. You'll want to look at that when something errors, as it provides vital clues. Even if you can't find anything yourself, you should still copy it so we can see it too.

Even better, give us a .love, so we can experience the error ourselves. (See the forum rules.)

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