Can a supplier supply two consumers simultaneously?

[Fraoch]

Hello - and sorry for all the questions lately!

I have a coal mine with lots of excess capacity.  Two large trains drag the coal to a power station.

Since I have so much extra capacity, I added a second track with loading platforms and ran a second train to another power station.

This worked for a little while, but what happened is the stockpile for power station A dwindled as the trains took it away and didn't replenish.  The only stockpile that replenished was the coal for power plant B.

Can an supplier supply two consumers simultaneously?  It doesn't appear so, even though there's extra capacity...

I'm using Simutrans 110.0 pak64 on Ubuntu Linux 11.04 64-bit.

Thanks.

[Václav]

Yes. It is possible. One supplier can give its goods simultaneusly to great many customers. But pay attention to supplier's production and consumers' consumption.

[Fraoch]

Have I found a bug then?  Why would the coal supplier devote 100% of its production to power plant B (so much that I can't transport it all) and neglect power plant A entirely - never producing any coal for power plant A ever again, even after the coal yard is full?

[Lmallet]

Check power plant A.  Is it full by any chance?  If it is, it won't ask for coal, therefore the mine won't produce it.

[Václav]

coal mine A
power station B
steel mill C

-->
B is full of coal.
C is short of coal.
A stops production of coal for B but production for C still goes on.

-->
B and C are short of coal.
A produces coal for both.

-->
B and C are full of coal.
A stops production of coal for both.

-->
B is short of coal.
C is full of coal.
A stops production of coal for C but production for B still goes on.

I hope this would help.

[Fraoch]

Aha!  Yes, of course...!  Power plant A is full.

Thank you for your replies.