External compositing tag in after effects cc

I can't get an external compositing tag made in cinema 4D R15 to work correctly in AE CC via Cineware. In cinema 4D I have an asteroid following a spline from 0 to 100% and I need the keyframes for position in order to attach at the 3D null Trapcode Particular emitter with fire and smoke particles. Problem is that in Cineware I don't get keyframes for position of the 3D null.
Everything works perfectly in my Aec file in AE CS 6 so it is not a problem of settings in Cinema 4D. Is it a bug or there something wrong with my AE CC installation?

You need to bake the spline motion in the Timeline editor. That's what happens when you create an AEC, anyway. As to why Cineware doesn't behave in the same way, is anyone's guess. Yeah, perhaps a bug, but what else is new with C4D?
Mylenium

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Path:            /Applications/Adobe After Effects CS5/Adobe After Effects CS5.app/Contents/MacOS/After Effects
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