In Survival house alarms are so often, too often I think, or maybe I'm just unlucky; and all of that would be fine if they worked as they are supposed to and as most of them do IRL. I think these are the two biggest issues: Alarms are not triggered by zombies, only by the player. Security/alarms are active even when there are windows and/or doors open or broken (all are motion-based).   Motion-sensor based alarms are generally not used in regular houses, only on per-room b