Stripping Server Code from Game Builds

Stripping server code from builds prevents revealing game mechanics, enhancing security and gameplay integrity.

### Protecting Game Server Code from Decompilation
* 🔒 Preventing players from decompiling your game's server code is crucial to avoid **cheating by revealing its functionality**.
* 👀 Decompiled code can still be read, so it's essential to **strip out the logic** while keeping the **structure intact**.
* 🛠 By adding conditional compilation directives, such as for **`UnityServer`** or **`UnityEditor`**, you can exclude **server-specific code** from client builds.
* 🔨 This approach allows you to keep server-related functions in the codebase but **prevents them from being included in client builds**.
* If you also want to **strip out client-specific code** from the server build, you can use the **inverse condition to exclude it**.
* 💬 Adding comments to **mark the code sections that need to be stripped** can help you easily identify and update them later.

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Stripping server code from game builds prevents players from decompiling and cheating.

The decompiled code can reveal the server's functionality, providing hints for cheating.

By excluding the server code, you can enhance the security of your game and protect its integrity.

Adding Conditional Code for Unity Client Build

The new code includes conditional statements for UnityServer and UnityEditor builds.

When creating a client build without the server, the command "teleport" is still visible in the decompiler, but the logic is removed.

It is also possible to strip client code from the server build, which could potentially save a small amount of memory, especially in MMO development.

The code will be included only if it's not a server build, simplifying the process.

Writing all the defines for the code might be tedious and prone to change, so adding a comment to strip the code for future review is a helpful alternative.