Help! Components are magically disappearing...

[magitek01]

This is rather annoying. I'm using the latest Version of SE4 (not Gold). I just finished creating a new racial trait, and a whole set of techs and components to go with it. I put all the new stuff at the bottom of each data file to prevent it from interfering with anything else, and gave all my weapons and components unused family numbers, etc. to avoid having any conflicts. However, once I started up a new game using my new technologies, (which start at tech level 0, BTW) it seems like all the standard weapon components disappear. The ones that start at lvl 1 are at lvl 1, but there are no weapons available to start with, and there are no "expected" components if I look under the research menu. Does anybody know what's wrong?