Replicator and Write on behavior in Motion 5

I have a shape (bezier or B-spline) with a write on behavior. When I use this shape as object source for replicator it ignores the write on behavior unless I make the source (the shape) visible. In Motion 4 it doesn't do this, it works as expected. Is this a bug in Motion 5 or has something changed in the way Motion 5 works?

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