I am doing the 'Battle for Windhelm' war quest; I am sided on the Imperials.
I am killing Stormcloaks, but when I do it gives me +1000 bounty in the city.
This does not seem how it should be working. What causes this and how can I fix it?
I understand there are commands to set my bounty or skip this quest stage, but I'd rather not do either; would rather not get the bounty in the first place. That's how it normally acts.
Best Answer
This seems like one of the hundreds of typically quirky bugs in the line of Elder Scrolls games... Your best bet is probably to either play through it using invis/sneaking/etc and pay off the bounty, or possibly completing another quest first.
Think about what open quests you have, maybe one of them is causing your factions to act screwy.
You might also try doing something minor to get a bounty in the city before the mission, then paying it off before you try the mission again.
Unfortunately sometimes these bugs are gamesave ruiners; you might try reverting to an older save before you picked a side, or before you took a certain action. That might also help.
Since you're using the PC version you could always cheat, which is nice. These bugs are terrible and sometimes irreversible on the 360 version.