Experimental KI Unit Fight Simulator: Could this be a basic EVE Online Fleet Fight Sandbox? Seeking FC/Analyst Feedback!

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Hello EVE Community,

I am an enthusiast for AI development and large-scale simulation as part of my Matrixgame project (a personal development and gamification framework).

I developed a simple Java/Swing simulation where thousands of autonomous units fight in a collective battle. When I watched the resulting zerg fights and fleet movements, the first thing I thought of were the massive EVE Online Fleet Fights.

I am now asking for your analytical expertise:

Could the simplified logic in this simulation be a starting point for a very basic sandbox tool to visualize and test fundamental Fleet Commander (FC) concepts like:

  • Target Prioritization (Currently: always the nearest enemy)

  • Engagement Distance (Currently: based on the unit’s distance stat)

  • Kiting/Brawling (Based on relative speed and distance stats)

Key Logic (The Core Code):

The primary logic driving the fights is very simple:

  1. Targeting: Unit gegner = nextGegner(unit); finds the absolutely nearest unit from the opposing team.

  2. Movement: If out of range, unit.moveTo(gegner); makes the unit move directly towards the target at its fixed speed.

  3. Damage: If in range (unit.getDistance(gegner) <= unit.distance), damage is applied.

The Ask & Vision:

  1. Analysis: Please look at the code (especially Unit.java and updateGameState() in SchönerZoom2FormScaleUnitsFights.java). Does this simple model capture any fundamental, core element of EVE combat or fleet dynamics?

  2. Missing Mechanics: Which EVE mechanics are crucial and completely missing here (e.g., E-War, capacitor, module cycles, tracking, armor/shield/hull resistances, sig radius)?

  3. Next Steps: If you believe this has potential for a simple learning tool, I am highly motivated to refine it into a more representative simulator for EVE-Online concepts.

Link to the Java Code (GitHub): meine-java-projekte/BasisEditorenMatrixgame at main · andreasschneider01989-source/meine-java-projekte · GitHub

I appreciate any serious analysis and feedback you can provide! Thank you and Let’s Go!