Is the same thing I have mention here:
viewtopic.php?f=110&t=71302
but it looks like they "can't reproduce this."

Nevermind for me anymore, since I have passed to 2019 and using RS there...

When transform node applied to texture in IBL sphere, has parameters changed, the IPR is not aware of the change.

OctaneRender for Maya 4.02.1-13.36 [STABLE]
IPR is not refreshing when the environment coordinates change.

Bug: IPR is not refreshing when the environment coordinates change.

Free update to Octane 4 was a lie after all? Few months of usage than you have to pay the full price. If this is true I will never look back. I prefer an honest upfront full price than a gratuity with hidden costs. I think there are better alternatives than continuing this way.

Version 4.X is still for sale now, so it would make sens to support the current Maya version.
Regardless of technical considerations you should be careful not to underestimate the impact of your decision to not support Maya 2019 with the V4 plugin,
as this may seem unfair and not in the Otoy spirit ...

Enable network rendering needs to be disabled if you want to do the batch.I had the same problem.

.... Octane Slave daemon allows only one connection at one time so, we need to choose using it for IPR or Batch Render.
Disabling the "Enable network rendering" from network preferences will free the ...

Thanks for the exhaustive answer.
It's weird that the network rendering runs well in Maya, but not in the batch. I have used with "-gpu1 0 -gpu2 1", and this was not working. I will try with yes/no soon.
Also, I did not Disable the "Enable network rendering" in Maya. Considering that Maya is closed ...

Batch rendering in the network is still not working.
Also -gpuX boolean not working in batch.

I totally agree about image planes. They appear even hidden or on different render layers.