Version: [42.19]
Mode: [Singleplayer]
Server settings: [N/A]
Mods: [None]
Save: [New Save]
Reproduction steps:
1. Click on generator info on a generator while it's on and powering lights
2. Notice that there isn't any info about the lights
I've noticed this too. Regardless of using the inconspicuous or conspicuous trait, they seem to notice me at the same rate. From watching YouTubers rate traits, they seem to feel the same too. So, in most runs, I just accept it and try to focus on noise stealth over vision.
After a long break from this game, I decided to play again. Previously, when there were a reasonable number of zombies in Extinction mode, I tried to clear them out honestly. Melee weapons, firearms, and so on. But then, after some update, the developers decided that a large number of zombies in Hard mode was a good idea. As a result, playing honestly is simply tedious, which turns the game into a tedious pyromania, driving a circle of burning zombies in a car and clearing out all the cities that way. Well, I'll return to Zomboid sometime later. I hope the developers re-balance it. Also, because the genius developers increase damage to player-built structures in this mode, most building-related things are completely pointless to learn. It only lasts a few seconds anyway, which again, kills a huge part of the gameplay.