support baking individual

@@ -424,4 +422,0 @@
-  wmJob *wm_job = WM_jobs_get(wm,
-                              CTX_wm_window(C),
-                              CTX_data_scene(C),
-                              "Bake Simulation Nodes",

@@ -428,2 +422,2 @@
-                              WM_JOB_PROGRESS,
-                              WM_JOB_TYPE_BAKE_SIMULATION_NODES);
+  Vector<ObjectBakeData> objects_to_bake;
+  for (Object *object : objects) {

@@ -436,0 +428,4 @@
+    ObjectBakeData bake_data;
+    bake_data.object = object;
+    LISTBASE_FOREACH (ModifierData *, md, &object->modifiers) {
+      if (md->type == eModifierType_Nodes) {

@@ -607,0 +662,4 @@
+  const char *meta_dir = bake_path->meta_dir.c_str();
+  if (BLI_exists(meta_dir)) {
+    if (BLI_delete(meta_dir, true, true)) {
+      BKE_reportf(reports, RPT_ERROR, "Failed to remove meta directory %s", meta_dir);

@@ -789,0 +785,4 @@
+  blender::Vector<int> status_change_frames;
+  status_change_frames.extend(status_change_frames_set.begin(), status_change_frames_set.end());
+  std::sort(status_change_frames.begin(), status_change_frames.end());
+  const blender::OffsetIndices<int> frame_ranges = status_change_frames.as_span();

@@ -8376,0 +8384,4 @@
+
+  prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "simulation_frame_start", PROP_INT, PROP_NONE);
+  RNA_def_property_ui_text(
+      prop, "Simulation Frame Start", "Frame at which simulations start running");

@@ -414,0 +453,4 @@
+      }
+    }
+    else if (old_bake_by_id.contains(ref.id)) {
+      /* Keep baked data in case linked data is missing so that it still exists when the linked

@@ -414,0 +460,4 @@
+  }
+
+  NodesModifierBake *new_bake_data = static_cast<NodesModifierBake *>(
+      MEM_callocN(sizeof(NodesModifierBake) * new_bake_ids.size(), __func__));

@@ -414,0 +468,4 @@
+    if (old_bake) {
+      new_bake = *old_bake;
+      if (new_bake.directory) {
+        new_bake.directory = BLI_strdup(new_bake.directory);

@@ -722,3 +817,1 @@
-          if (node_cache->cache_status == bake::CacheStatus::Invalid) {
-            node_cache->reset();
-          }
+      for (auto item : modifier_cache_->cache_by_id.items()) {

@@ -728,0 +898,4 @@
+                 "Modifier Name",
+                 "Name of the modifier that contains the node to bake");
+  RNA_def_int(
+      ot->srna, "bake_id", 0, 0, INT32_MAX, "Bake ID", "ID of the node to bake", 0, INT32_MAX);

@@ -7070,0 +7097,4 @@
+  prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "use_custom_path", PROP_BOOLEAN, PROP_NONE);
+  RNA_def_property_boolean_sdna(prop, nullptr, "flag", NODES_MODIFIER_BAKE_CUSTOM_PATH);
+  RNA_def_property_ui_text(
+      prop, "Auto Path", "Specify a path where the baked data should be stored manually");