SICK AND EFFING TIRED OF LOSING DONUTS!!!
There is a Donut confirm option. Just click on the i on the right hand corner of the build menu. It will take you to a option screen where you can toggle the confirm option on or off.
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I haven't had this particular problem, but I do agree that there are obvious flaws in design, and it should be fixed.
However, it takes so long for anything to get fixed, if it gets fixed at all. Unfortunately, complaining in the forums is probably not going to speed the process.
And I have a question, since I haven't seen you mention whether you do this or not: Have you tried zooming in on your town so that you can more precisely tap the character? Because yes, the game does often think I'm tapping on something else, but if I zoom in that happens a whole lot less. (I've had to employ this technique on particularly sneaky gremlins that hide near a building. If I'm zoomed in for their reappearance, I tend to get them instead of tapping on the building.)
I am also in the habit of assigning 24-hour tasks at night, after I've collected house money and everything, so I'm not desperately trying to assign new tasks in a busy town full of money right after I wake up. Overnight, a lot of my houses are going to pop, so I wake up and collect that, but don't have characters to worry about. Then while I'm at school, the houses will pop again, and I collect all that, and then wait for my characters to all get done with their tasks and get assigned again. If there's something special I need to have a character do, for a quest or a special event (goo collection) I will go ahead and do that, but I've still cut down on too many things needing to be done at once. This may or may not help you.
However, it takes so long for anything to get fixed, if it gets fixed at all. Unfortunately, complaining in the forums is probably not going to speed the process.
And I have a question, since I haven't seen you mention whether you do this or not: Have you tried zooming in on your town so that you can more precisely tap the character? Because yes, the game does often think I'm tapping on something else, but if I zoom in that happens a whole lot less. (I've had to employ this technique on particularly sneaky gremlins that hide near a building. If I'm zoomed in for their reappearance, I tend to get them instead of tapping on the building.)
I am also in the habit of assigning 24-hour tasks at night, after I've collected house money and everything, so I'm not desperately trying to assign new tasks in a busy town full of money right after I wake up. Overnight, a lot of my houses are going to pop, so I wake up and collect that, but don't have characters to worry about. Then while I'm at school, the houses will pop again, and I collect all that, and then wait for my characters to all get done with their tasks and get assigned again. If there's something special I need to have a character do, for a quest or a special event (goo collection) I will go ahead and do that, but I've still cut down on too many things needing to be done at once. This may or may not help you.
