Skywest

I'm not sure if this is helpful but this is what I do for every song.

After I have created my song and exported the individual tracks for importing into my DAW. I do a save as and name it click.
Then remove all shots or holds etc. making them normal chords.
In the style picker I search for click.
There are 4 or 5 metronome styles depending on time signature and preferred accent beat.
I remove any realtrack instruments if they remain on any tracks in the mixer.
Then regenerate and export to click.wav in its own folder.
I import all of the tracks I exported into Cubase (my DAW).
That gives me a click track that I have Cubase auto create a tempo map. I have not had an issue with not having a count in but if I did I'd simply cut the click track after the count in and mute everything after the count in. Quick and easy to do in Cubase and I'm certain the Reaper users here could tell you if you don't already know.

Hope this helps!
Mike

Focusrite 2i2 2nd Gen
Windows 10 pro 1709 16299.125
Intel core i7 6700k CPU @ 4.00GHz 4.01 GHz
16 gig memory
BIAB UltraPak version is 2025 (Latest)
Cubase pro 9